Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Bangladesh:
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May 25, 2012 - 5:00pm
from David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog
By David Roodman -
RT @generalrotors: New book review: Due Diligence is an outstanding investigation of the realities behind microfinance. http://t.co/e1RQXulM #
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May 24, 2012 - 2:40pm
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
Homogeneity is out; diversity is in. Moving clients to the center of the microfinance discourse is producing new data on who they are and how they use (or could use) financial services.
Financial inclusion means much more than simply having or not having a bank account: it goes beyond the mere availability of services to their adoption and usage. The recently published
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May 24, 2012 - 9:18am
from BRAC Blog
With democracy comes freedom entailing the power and right to equality, legality, mobility, and essentially to live a healthy life. In the western part, one does not have to think twice about their ability to endeavor in good health. However, in other parts of the world including Bangladesh, citizens from the rural areas, especially the disadvantaged ...
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May 24, 2012 - 8:30am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Rafiqul's arm is no wider than a tube of sweets. The 18-month-old Rohingya refugee suffers from acute malnutrition and, without medical treatment and nutritional therapy, his chances of survival are becoming slimmer.The latest survey by Médecins ...
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May 24, 2012 - 8:18am
from BRAC Blog
BRAC's agriculture and food security programme has taken the initiative to launch D.light Design’s solar products in Bangladesh, aiming to provide power sources for the marginalised people who do not have access to the ...
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May 23, 2012 - 2:40pm
from Google news - microfinance
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Foundation, KfW Bankengruppe, Access Africa Fund ...MicroCapitalGrameen Foundation, a US-based nonprofit that helps microfinance institutions (MFIs) ...
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May 23, 2012 - 2:34pm
from MicroCapital
Grameen Foundation, a US-based nonprofit that helps microfinance institutions (MFIs) replicate the model of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank; KfW Bankengruppe, the German development bank; and the Access Africa Fund, a US-based for-profit limited liability company launched by nonprofit CARE International, have each purchased a 25-percent stake in Musoni Kenya, a Kenyan MFI that provides financial services via mobile phone. The MFI focuses on the portion of the population that lacks access to the ...
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May 23, 2012 - 1:27pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Henry Jackelen, Jackelen Associates
This post is part of the Center for Financial Inclusion’s Expert Exchange: Building A Movement Toward Financial Inclusion by 2020, cultivating conversation around the goal of reaching full financial inclusion by 2020. For further questions about this series, write to
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May 23, 2012 - 1:11pm
from Morocco Microfinance Blog
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May 23, 2012 - 10:28am
from BRAC Blog
Change is inevitable; rather it is a much needed process for the benefit and progress of any organization. With such intentions of change Dr. Jaap M. De Heer, VU University Amsterdam, presented his study on the various aspects of an organization which, when integrated together, initiate a wholesome change process. The organization in focus was the
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May 22, 2012 - 2:38pm
from BRAC Blog
The following article was originally posted by Anik Ashraf on the International Growth Centre (ICG) website. The video was created by ICG based on recent research initiative lead by Robin Burgess to assess the success of BRAC's Ultra Poor programme in Bangladesh.
A new way of helping the ...
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May 22, 2012 - 9:00am
from Acumen Fund Blog
Below is the full-text of Jacqueline Novogratz’s Commencement Address given at Gettysburg College on May 20, 2012.
Thank you, President Riggs.
David, you’re a hard act to follow. In the past 24 hours as I was listening to your classmates speak, I was thinking that I finally have a sense of what it means to be “Gettysburg Great.” I am so honored to be with you and so honored to be receiving this degree with Karl Mattson who’s such a wonderful person. And I am ...
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May 21, 2012 - 5:43pm
from Google news - microfinance
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) of Bangladesh ...MicroCapitalThe Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA), the supervisor of ...
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May 21, 2012 - 5:30pm
from MicroCapital
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA), the supervisor of NGO microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bangladesh, reportedly has advised MFIs to obtain permission by June 30 for sertvices offered other than microcredit. Failure to obtain permission by the deadline is to result in legal action against such MFIs. An MRA official explained that the reason for the new regulation is to “ensure that MFIs’ surplus funds are used in the targeted poverty alleviation purposes.”
As of 2012, ...
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May 21, 2012 - 5:37am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
Yunus Centre(Mundo Microfinanzas) El miércoles pasado el gobierno de Bangladesh anunció la creación de una comisión que investigará al Grameen Bank y a 54 empresas a las que atribuye un vínculo con el banco de microcréditos fundado por Muhammad Yunus.El anuncio es, hasta el momento, el último eslabón de una ...
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May 20, 2012 - 3:21am
from BRAC Blog
As parents, we are always curious about examination results, how we can get admission for our children in good schools and how to give education through private tuition etc. Second and third generation students’ parents can think in this way, but what about those students who are the first in their family to be going to school? An untrained teacher in a classroom ...
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May 19, 2012 - 5:42pm
from Google news - microfinance
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microcredit Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh Revokes ...MicroCapitalThe Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) of Bangladesh reportedly has announced ...
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May 19, 2012 - 5:01am
from MicroCapital
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) of Bangladesh reportedly has announced that plans are in place to appoint administrators to observe troubled microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country. MRA currently has the authority to remove chairpersons and chief executive officers found guilty of financial or administrative irregularities, but it lacks the power to appoint replacements. According to a statement attributed to MRA Executive Vice Chairman Khandakar Muzharul Haque, ...
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May 18, 2012 - 5:00pm
from David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog
By David Roodman -
RT @TilmanEhrbeck: Great @theeconomist article on #microfinance for the ultra-poor. Is this BRAC though, not Bandhan? http://t.co/mqUnHXbg
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May 17, 2012 - 8:25pm
from Microfinance Africa
By Mandy De Waal, Daily Maverick
Loan sharks and micro-finance offices have mushroomed in South Africa’s inner-city centres. The lure is attractive – borrow R10,000 ...
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