Countries & Regions

Microfinance in Albania:

April 28, 2012 - 5:01am from MicroCapital
DIMOCO (Direct Mobile Communications), an Austria-based mobile technology company, recently announced that it has expanded its billing services to Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, bringing to 23 the number of countries in which it offers mobile billing services. Content providers in these four countries can now bill users immediately for digital content they access via mobile phone. According to DIMOCO chief executive officer Gerald Tauchner, mobile payment is becoming ...
December 16, 2011 - 6:29pm from BRAC Blog
The following post was written by ABC News Correspondent Deborah Roberts on the Million Moms Challenge blog about her recent trip to Bangladesh to see BRAC's programs working to save the lives of mothers and children.
September 9, 2011 - 5:52pm from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Adriana Magdas Couple at store in Nepal. In celebration of its 3rd anniversary, the Center for Financial Inclusion is organizing an after-hours event at its Washington, DC office. Guests can view a photo exhibit demonstrating disability inclusion in countries ...
August 12, 2011 - 5:03am from MicroCapital
responsAbility Social Investments AG, a Swiss investment company that manages four microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs), recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made debt investment totaling USD 749,439 in microfinance institutions Pearl Microfinance Limited of Uganda and Association Al Karama de Micro Credit (Al Karama) of Morocco [1]. The investments have been made through three MIVs: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF), responsAbility Microfinance Leaders Fund ...
May 5, 2011 - 7:58am from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Rosita Najmi Visitors view original photo exhibit on UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3, 2010. (USAID) The Center’s program on Financial Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities is honored to host a photo exhibit, “USAID and Inclusive Development:  Mainstreaming Disability in the Millennium Development Goals: ...
May 2, 2011 - 2:04pm from MIX Recent Features
Насколько же сильно отразился всемирный экономический и финансовый кризис на микрофинансовом секторе в Восточной Европе и Центральной Азии (ЕЦА)?
March 30, 2011 - 9:16pm from AidData: The First Tranche
Countries that suffer from major natural disasters always receive offers of aid from around the world. As one would expect, neighboring and allied states are particularly likely to offer aid, and the major contributors tend to be those countries that are also large donors of official development assistance (ODA). But the list also includes countries that one does not normally think of as aid donors.A Wikipedia page which has been tracking
February 3, 2011 - 9:47am from Universal Postal Union blog
Guest contribution by Hans Boon Next week kicks off with a conference on development of Postal Financial Services  in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. Organized by PAPU, the conference brings together operators, investors, regulators and policy makers from more than 60 countries and international institutions. It is a convincing sign that worldwide interest in Postal Financial Inclusion is rapidly increasing. This is consistent with the news ...
March 4, 2010 - 2:29pm from MIX Publications on Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The microfinance sector in Kosovo has been operating since 1999, and most microfinance institutions (MFIs) there started as economic development programs of international humanitarian organizations.Currently there are 14 microfinance institutions operating mainly in rural areas, representing 18 percent of the ...