microfinance INDIA CONFERENCE 2006
October 30-31, 2006
New Delhi, India

CARE India’s Credit and Savings for Household Enterprise (CASHE) project is one of the largest microfinance projects in the country. For the past two years CASHE along with its associates, has been organizing ‘microfinance India’ conference which draws attention of national and international sector experts. The conference has been instrumental in providing a platform for information and knowledge sharing by people more...

BRAC, an NGO based in Bangladesh, has helped create the world's first microcredit securitisation program. RSA Capital, Citigroup, the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and KfW of Germany will provide BRAC with US$180 million of financing over six years to help them make microloans to some of the poorest people in the world.

Assesses in detail the key elements that constrain the supply as well as the demand for microfinance services by poor women in Ethiopia. It focusses on two dominant microfinance approaches that are in operation in Ethiopia: the Grameen bank Group Guarantee Lending Model (GGLM) that is pursued by majority microfinance institutions as well as the Self-Help Group approach that some NGOs are trying to implement. It pin points the pros and cons of each approach interms of promoting 'inculsive' financ more...

Micro venture fund seeks to unlock the potential of rural India

Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund, a venture capital fund that provides start-up financing for micro and small enterprises, has entered into a partnership with ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector bank to catalyse the creation and strengthening of Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and provid more...

The power of microcredit to pull people out of destitution has been celebrated around the world during 2005, designated the 'International Year of Microcredit' by the United Nations. In Kenya, however, the concept of microcredit risks losing its bloom.

Citigroup and The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) today announced their partnership to support the microfinance sector across Asia through several new initiatives to create a more inclusive financial sector in the region and strengthen microfinance institutions (MFIs) in tsunami-affected areas.
Grants worth US$700,000 from the Citigroup Foundation are being used for three major programs:
· Asia Resource Centre for Microfinance (ARCM), a one-stop online regional learning and infor more...

Brindando servicios financieros a grandes números de poblaciones muy pobres continúa siendo uno de los desafíos más grandes al que se enfrenta la industria de microfinanzas. Por ello, la agenda de CGAP sobre la pobreza siempre se ha centrado en un compromiso para demostrar que la frontera financiera se puede efectivamente profundizar para alcanzar a las personas más pobres y que los servicios pueden ser diseñados para reducir su vulnerabilidad y aumentar su bienestar económico. El Desaf more...

Extending financial services to larger numbers of very poor and excluded people continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the microfinance industry. CGAP remains committed to demonstrating that the financial frontier can be deepened to reach poorer people and that services can be designed to reduce their vulnerability and increase their economic well being. The Pro-Poor Innovation Challenge (PPIC) has been a cornerstone of this agenda, funding institutions that demonstrate effective more...

Étendre les services financiers vers un plus grand nombre de populations très pauvres et les exclus continue à être un des plus grands défis de l’industrie de la microfinance. Le CGAP reste engagé à démontrer que la frontière financière peut être étendue pour atteindre les plus pauvres et que des services peuvent être conçus pour réduire leur vulnérabilité et pour augmenter leur bien- être économique.
Le programme du défi ‘L’innovation au service des plus pauvres’ more...

ABN AMRO Bank and PlaNet Finance India launch
Microfinance Process Excellence Awards 2006

ABN AMRO Bank and PlaNet Finance India are pleased to announce the launch of the Microfinance Process Excellence Awards (MPEA) 2006 and invite all microfinance institutions in India to nominate and win. Announcing the opening of nominations for the Awards, Shivendra Sharma, Executive Director, PlaNet Finance India explains, “After the success of the first edition of the Awards in 2005 and taki more...