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• Bihar-based micro-finance co gets VC funding

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 445
  PATNA — In one of the rare micro-finance deals in Northern India, Accion International, a Boston-based nonprofit organisation investing in micro-finance institutions globally, has picked up 49.5% equity stake in Saija Finance Pvt Ltd for $500,000. Accion has invested through its equity investment arm, Accion Gateway ...
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• Will Shabana Azmi please speak up?

  
  B Shantanu's Blog — Authority: 126
  Thanks to Sh Krishen Kak for alerting me to this extraordinary report of how Muslim women are being denied their freedoms…and the right to development by their own . Excerpts from Swaminathan S Aiyar’s  Anjumans deprive Muslim women of microcredit : The government seeks inclusive growth and access to credit. ...
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• A welcomed visitor in Guatemala, but just a visitor

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Jeremy Lapedis, KF9, Guatemala I am the visitor. I am from Kiva. I am Jeremias. This has been my introduction for my first days in Guatemala. Tueseday, we went to San Martin. It is a two hour drive from Guatemala City: thankfully it was Marco and not me who was driving so I could observe the scenery as we ...
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• Senegal Ecovillage Microfinance Fund

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 158
  greatest impact, as much of our funding as possible should be used for the communities in which we work. Therefore, donations to The SEM Fund go towards expanding our reach throughout Senegal and providing loans which once repaid will be loaned out again, thus creating a revolving loan fund. As part of our commitment ...
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• I Work In Microfinance Because…

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Recently, Kiva’s been engulfed in controversy over how it presents its Person-to-Person lending platform–a convenient shorthand for the reality on the ground or a more draconian attempt to mislead the casual lender?  I will not weigh in on this specific debate because ...
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• The Myth of Microfinance? Why MFIs Shouldn’t Be Freaking Out (Yet)

  
  Global Development: Views from the Center — Authority: 462
  A joint post by Jenny Aker and Michael Clemens.The headline in the Boston Globe on September 20, 2009 was catchy: “Billions of dollars and a Nobel Prize later, it looks like ‘microlending’ doesn’t actually do much to fight poverty.” The article referred to the findings of two recent impact evaluations in ...
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• Georgetown students starting microfinance club

  
  Vox Populi — Authority: 602
  All you do-gooder econ and finance students out there, get excited: two Georgetown students—Brian Gallagher (MSB ‘10) and Ben Sacher (SFS ‘12)—are starting a microfinance club. The idea behind microfinance is that giving small loans to entrepreneurs in impoverished communities who are too poor to get ...
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• Nonprofit Career Month

  
  Bricks and Mortar — Authority: 115
  As I am finishing up my nonprofit management course, I found this new website – Nonprofit Career Month .  There is a blog, podcast and links to state based nonprofit associations and resources.  This project is powered through the work of Idealist.org the first place people go to find a nonprofit job or ...
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• Transparency: Not Just for Lenders

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Maia Pelleg, KF9, Kenya Agency for the Development of Enterprise and Technology (KADET) This video was filmed in response to the following interaction I had with a borrower group outside of Nairobi, Kenya… “Habari. Nina itwa Maia,” I practice saying as I walk into my first group meeting of the day. ...
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• YOSEFO Day 2009

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Jennifer Gong, KF9 Tanzania YOSEFO has come a long way.  In 1997, it humbly opened its doors to 50 clients, for a total loan portfolio size of $5000.  However, with unwavering determination, it has succesfully expanded into 14 different communities around Dar es Salaam and has opened offices in Ifakara, ...
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• Microfinance – India

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 158
  This video shows our visit to a village 90 miles outside of Bangalore (India) where a “Microfinance” company is making small business loans (about 0USD) to the women in the village. This scene shows individual women applying for a loan while the other women in the village agree to guarantee the loan. Loans are ...
  3 days ago

• The Savings behind the Interest

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Eva Wu, KF9 Philippines Having followed the recent debate over Kiva’s transparency and the P2P model , the main critique that stuck with me was that there should be more transparency on Kiva’s partner MFIs. This resonated with me because I believe that Kiva has, on the whole, picked out partner MFIs that do ...
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• Mobile banking and new business models (some additional thoughts)

  
  CGAP Technology Blog — Authority: 118
  As you review the businesses I briefly described in yesterday’s post , you may want to keep the following in mind. First, in every case, there is always a bank in the picture – holding funds, issuing e-money, issuing an account – and the bank’s role itself and what the bank charges for its services is an ...
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• A Sierra Leonean Pick-Me-Up

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  by Stephanie Meyer, KF9, Sierra Leone I eat at Kumba’s at least three times a week. I’ve always been the type that likes to have my “regular spots” – my coffee shop, my bar, my newsstand. I like to think of Kumba’s as my lunch spot. It doesn’t hurt that everything is so homey. There are only ...
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• The struggle to be responsible – what leads good providers down the road to bad practices?

  
  Microfinance Blog — Authority: 117
  Traveling the Africa and Asia conference circuit over the past month, it’s striking how the issues of responsible finance and client protection are suddenly prominent wherever microfinance providers and financial inclusion policy makers, funders and observers gather. From Africa , where the first Africa-wide ...
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• WHO’S WHO IN MICROFINANCE: Supervisory Tools for Regulators and MFIs at the CGAP Reference Library

  
  MicroCapital.org — Authority: 145
  Regulators and microfinance institutions (MFIs) have resources available to them in order to implement the supervision of microfinance activities within their purview. The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), located at the Worldbank Group, has a reference library which lists supervisory tools geared towards ...
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• The Kiva Lender and Borrower Connection

  
  Wir sprechen Online. — Authority: 142
  Lowe on the Kiva cycle : A lender ties the fate of hir money to the ability of the borrower to repay ; http://j.mp/4xQsEr
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• Kiva, Transparency and P2P Microlending

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  by Zev Lowe, KF8 Indonesia There’s been a bit of an ongoing debate about whether or not Kiva is what it seems. *cue ominous music* First, a post by David Roodman , followed by a response from Kiva co-founder Matt Flannery . More recently, Stephanie Strom wrote an article in the New York Times , to which Matt ...
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• Security Officers/Guards at a new MICROFINANCE BANK

  
  Jobs and Vacancies in Nigeria — Authority: 162
  Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below in a new MICROFINANCE BANK LOCATED in LAGOS STATE.Security Officers/GuardsCandidates for this position must possess a minimum of O’Level certificates. Relevant experience in a security outfit will be an added ...
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• Administrative Secretary at a new MICROFINANCE BANK

  
  Jobs and Vacancies in Nigeria — Authority: 162
  Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below in a new MICROFINANCE BANK LOCATED in LAGOS STATE.Administrative SecretaryApplicants for this position must possess a minimum of HND in Secretarial Administration from a recognized higher institute. The candidates should possess ...
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