World Leaders in Financial Inclusion Meet in Shanghai
Microfinance Focus, 4 August 2014: This week, Shanghai hosts one of the largest microfinance and financial inclusion events in Asia of 2014 – the Asia Microfinance Forum. 500 delegates from 36...
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Re-Thinking Microfinance Based on Behavioral Economics
Image by Irene Scott. From AusAID and Wikimedia Commons. 11:15 to 12:30 CST: The general assumption in the microfinance industry is that behavior predicts what clients do with their finances, and much...
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Leveraging the Use of Remittances
Image by Dave Dugdale from Wikimedia Commons. “Development institutions should focus their efforts to provide migrants and their families with financial options and tools to allow them to best manage...
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Discussion on Microfinance and Educational Credit
By Vikash Kumar Photography The Inclusive Finance Network Luxembourg asbl (InFiNe.lu) and the Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund (LMDF) will host a discussion titled, “Microfinance and...
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Proving Progress: Social Performance Measurement in Microfinance
By Russell Watkins, Department for International Development – Wikimedia Commons “Profits shouldn’t take precedence over sustainability, which is determined not by the amount of credit available to a...
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REVIVING FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN THE INDIAN ECONOMY
Suresh K Krishna, MD, GFSPL By Suresh Krishna, Managing Director, Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd Microfinance Focus, September 4, 2014: Year 2014 seems to be an interesting year for the financial...
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Interview with Krishna Thacker, Director – Financial Empowerment (Asia) at...
Microfinance Focus, September 05,2014: Krishna U. M. Thacker, the Director – Financial Empowerment (Asia) at MetLife Foundation, discussed MetLife Foundation’s initiatives to promote financial...
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Microfinance Plus Threatened in Boliva
For hermana Alejandra, microfinance is not a dirty word. She lives in the remote village of Chua Visalaya on the shores of the famous lake Titicaca. She is part of a group of 10 men and women who use...
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Bankers without Borders: An Interview with Shannon Maynard
Vikash Kumar Photography Shannon Maynard is the Chief Talent and Knowledge Officer at Grameen Foundation, and the Founding Director of Bankers without Borders. In this interview with Microfinance...
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AMF Conference Overview and Session Synopsis
As the official media partner of the 2014 Asia Microfinance Forum, Microfinance Focus prepared a conference overview and session synopsis which is now available on the Banking with the Poor Network’s...
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