Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Cambodia:
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May 25, 2012 - 4:00pm
from MicroCapital
ResponsAbility Social Investments, a Swiss microfinance investment manager, has reached six investment deals with three microfinance institutions (MFIs)in Africa. Two loans each were disbursed to Kenyan Women Finance Trust (KWFT), a Kenyan MFI; MicroCred Ivory Coast, an MFI affiliated with MicroCred Group of France; and Promotion of Rural Initiative and Development Enterprises Limited (PRIDE), an MFI based in Tanzania.
ResponsAbility SICAV Mikrofinanz-Fonds (rAMF), a microfinance ...
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May 24, 2012 - 5:01am
from MicroCapital
Switzerland’s responsAbility Social Investments AG recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made investments equivalent to USD 6.9 million in Bolivian microfinance institution (MFI) Crecer and Colombian MFI Fundacion Mundo Mujer (FMM) Popayan. Crecer received USD 750,000 from the responsAbility SICAV Mikrofinanz-Fonds (rAMF) and USD 2.5 million from the responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF). FMM Popayan received the equivalent of USD 3.6 million in local currency, USD ...
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May 22, 2012 - 12:33pm
from Credit Bureau of Cambodia
Pre Pay mobile phones are the prevalent form of communications subscription plan in the Kingdom of Cambodia however they are subject to high volumes of “Churn” as customers switch between different pre-paid operators and shop around for the latest subscription plan offers and competitive rates.
With the recent formation of the Credit Bureau Cambodia telecommunications companies now have access to relevant and pertinent real time credit data that can help them reduce their churn rates by ...
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May 15, 2012 - 12:40pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
LONDON, May 15 (Bernama) — A microfinance provider in south Indian state Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia and Afghanistan as a finalist for the Ashden Awards, the world’s leading green energy prize.
The finalists will compete for over 120,000 pound prize money with the winners to be announced at a prestigious ceremony ...
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May 15, 2012 - 12:38pm
from Microfinance Africa
LONDON, May 15 (Bernama) — A microfinance provider in south Indian state Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia and ...
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May 15, 2012 - 7:47am
from Google news - microfinance
Indian Microfinance Provider Finalist For Global Green Energy AwardBernamaLONDON, May 15 (Bernama) -- A microfinance provider in south Indian state Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia and Afghanistan as a finalist for ...
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May 3, 2012 - 4:01am
from Microenterprise Access to Banking Services
Philippine Daily Inquirer – The Philippines is considered one of the laggards in the Asia-Pacific region in the area of financial services reach, ranking only 12th out of 15 countries in terms of the proportion of working-age population who have accounts with banks or other financial institutions.
Results of a regional survey, done recently by various institutions including the US Agency for International Development, showed that only 26.56 percent of Filipinos ...
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April 30, 2012 - 2:01pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
The future of the Falkland Islands/Malvinas has been in the news again recently, with the 30th anniversary of the conflict between Britain and Argentina and the increasingly bold rhetoric of Argentinian politicians. The discussion is treated in the press as a diplomatic and political issue, but little has been written about it from a ...
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April 27, 2012 - 5:05am
from MicroCapital
The Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), which was founded in Luxembourg by French bank Credit Agricole and Grameen Trust of Bangladesh, has reported to MicroCapital that it has issued a loan of USD 1.25 million with a three-year term and a one-year grace period to Hattha Kaksekar Limited (HKL), a Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI). HKL was GCAMF’s first partner in Cambodia and GCAMF currently does business with two other MFIs in Cambodia. HKL’s gross loan ...
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April 25, 2012 - 12:18pm
from Microfinance Africa
From One World South Asia
A microfinance organisation, in the southern state of ...
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April 24, 2012 - 3:31pm
from Kiva.org
Viet Nam is best represented by its contrasting environment, the mountainous north and the southern coastal lowlands; the months of torrential rain and the hot sunny season; the rural agrarian economy and the frenzied industrial cities. But Viet Nam, roughly the size of New Mexico, is united by its optimism. The s-shaped country borders China, Laos and ...
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April 18, 2012 - 4:05pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
When the global financial crisis struck in 2008, the World Bank's social development unit and the Institute of Development Studies in the UK set out to examine in "real time" how around 3,000 people in 17 developing countries coped with the shock of higher food and fuel prices.The joint project has resulted ...
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April 17, 2012 - 11:12am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
The agenda for the upcoming Earth summit in Rio this June has a glaring hole: land rights.I have spent the last two years investigating the global epidemic of land grabs for a book. Saudi ...
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April 11, 2012 - 1:28pm
from Development Impact - News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation
The majority of CCT programs with schooling conditions have been found to increase enrollment rates and attendance. Far fewer of the evaluations, however, report results on learning outcomes. Those that do typically find no gains in learning, at least as assessed by test scores. The 2009 CCT review report by Fiszbein, Schady, and others summarizes four studies that measure CCT impacts on learning outcomes. The first ...
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April 9, 2012 - 1:51pm
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
A micro-borrower in the Philippines struggles to figure out which one of several loans is the least expensive—one comes with a flat charge, another a weekly interest rate, and still another a monthly rate with an upfront deduction. In Senegal, a recent survey of low-income consumers revealed that more than 99% of respondents were unaware of their right to standardized price information on the loan and deposit services they used. In Mexico, poorer consumers looking for a cheaper way to ...
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April 8, 2012 - 5:15am
from MicroCapital
Advans SA, a microfinance investment vehicle managed by Horus Development Finance of France, has announced that it has opened the first branch of its fifth microfinance institution (MFI), Advans Cote d’Ivoire, in Abidjan, the capital of the country. The MFI, which had been in the planning stages since at least 2009, now offers credit to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) as well as current accounts, savings accounts, term deposits and money transfer services. Loans will ...
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April 5, 2012 - 1:48pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
Advans SA Press Release
Advans SA, the international venture capital company specialised in microfinance, is pleased to announce the opening of its fifth greenfield microfinance institution: Advans Côte d’Ivoire. The first branch opened its doors to the public on 14 March 2012 in Adjamé, Abidjan.
Advans Côte d’Ivoire is also proud to announce that IFC will join the shareholding of Advans Côte d’Ivoire through a capital increase of CFA 498.75 million (about ...
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April 5, 2012 - 1:45pm
from Microfinance Africa
Advans SA Press Release
Advans SA, the international venture capital company specialised in microfinance, is pleased to announce the opening of its fifth greenfield microfinance institution: Advans Côte d’Ivoire. The first branch opened its doors to the public ...
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April 3, 2012 - 6:34pm
from MicroCapital
After a lengthy planning process that began in 2008, the Cambodian Credit Bureau (CCB) was officially launched in Phnom Penh on March 19, 2012. The joint venture between Veda Advantage, a private company providing data analytics and risk management tools from offices in Australia and New Zealand the Cambodian Microfinance Association and the Association of Banks in Cambodia, aims to centralize loan information from Cambodia’s banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs). The bureau expects ...
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April 1, 2012 - 6:37am
from Banking With The Poor Network: The Official Blog
VisionFund Cambodia has recently received the Platinum Award 2011 from MIX (Microfinance Information eXchange), which is a US-based non-profit organization with the mission to strengthen microfinance sector and financial inclusion by promoting transparency. The Platinum Award was introduced in 2011, and it is the highest level of the award from MIX. With prominent track record, VisionFund Cambodia received Silver Award in 2009, Gold Award in 2010 and Platinum Award in 2011, from MIX. That ...
