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May 24, 2012 - 4:03pm from Mundo Microfinanzas
Fernando CalloiaTercera edición del Foro Nacional de Microfinanzas. Tiene lugar este jueves 24 de mayo el III Foro Nacional de Microfinanzas “La Inclusión Financiera para el Desarrollo”, organizado por el Programa de Microfinanzas para el Desarrollo Productivo, gestionado por la Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto del gobierno uruguayo y ...
May 14, 2012 - 7:31am from Mambu Blog
Bonnes nouvelles, Mambu is now available in French! We’re happy to be able to expand our offering of microfinance software to the more than 200 million French speakers worldwide. This includes the estimated 115 million people across 31 francophone African countries including Algeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Dijibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, ...
April 26, 2012 - 9:30am from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It is not original to remark that there is a modern-day scramble for Africa taking place. Economic growth averaging around 5% on the continent for the past decade is certainly good news compared with two decades of increasing poverty. But on the other side of the coin are the reasons for that growth: the large-scale export ...
April 25, 2012 - 2:28am from Mundo Microfinanzas
Una nueva edición del periódico Microfinanzas -la número 103, en su quinto año de vida- acaba de ver la luz desde Lima, donde tiene su base.La publicación dirigida por César Sánchez Martínez (foto) propone como notas salientes, en la sección de Actualidad, el rol que tienen las instituciones microfinancieras en el proceso de inclusión ...
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 ...
April 3, 2012 - 11:28pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
RBI/2011-12/484 A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.103 April 03, 2012 To All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Data on import of Gold – Statements – Modification Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to Para 4(v) of
February 26, 2012 - 3:58pm from Microfinance Africa
By Erika Kinetz, The Hindu The microfinance industry pursued a path of rapid business growth in recent years; two investigations now link it to debtor ...
January 11, 2012 - 11:08pm from Development Impact - News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation
Lant Pritchett once said to me “Thanks for the comments. As usual they are all very smart and well-informed and I disagree with most.” I feel similarly regarding his very popular piece posted here last week (already one of the top 10 most popular posts in our blog's short history) on how CCTs are forcing children in developing ...
December 29, 2011 - 12:48pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Bolivia tiene más litio que cualquier otro país en el mundo pero su potencial de alimentar baterías de "ión litio" para carros eléctricos está en peligro de no concretarse.Las vastas reservas de litio están disueltos en una laguna salada debajo ...
December 13, 2011 - 8:53pm from Kiva.org
This month’s Passport Series is all about the Philippines! The Philippines is truly a cultural melting pot, a quality that is reflected in its many languages, vibrant celebrations and its food. Follow us throughout the month of December as we learn about The Philippines as a nation, its microfinance sector, and the work that Kiva does there!HistoryThe Republic of the Philippines is a nation in Southeast Asia. In prehistoric times,
December 12, 2011 - 9:09am from Development Impact - News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation
We want to increase (girls) education… but what’s the best way to do this? A lot of education policy has been based on the philosophy immortalized in the classic movie Field of Dreams: "Build it and they will come.” That is, researchers and policymakers have examines the effects of programs that lower the direct or indirect costs of schooling, for instance, through building schools (
December 8, 2011 - 4:58am from Development Impact - News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation
Across developing countries, there is considerable under-investment in children's human capital; it is reflected in low immunization rates, child malnutrition, high drop-out rates, etc. Because of the (both individual and aggregate) long-term effects of human capital investment during childhood, governments across the globe have designed and implemented policies to encourage parents to invest more in the health and education of their children (numerous conditional cash transfer programs ...
November 6, 2011 - 7:31pm from Microfinanzas en América Latina
Cuando reciben la autorización a captar depósitos, muchas IMF empiezan con los depósitos a plazo, conocidos como certificados ...
September 8, 2011 - 3:00pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Kenya has become the latest African country to ban female genital mutilation, with the passing of a law making it illegal to practice or procure it or take somebody abroad for cutting. The law even prohibits derogatory remarks about women who have not undergone FGM. Offenders may be jailed or fined or ...
September 5, 2011 - 11:01pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Chad and Somalia are the riskiest places in the world to fall sick if you are a child. Switzerland and Finland are the safest. That's the conclusion of an index produced by Save the Children, which ...
August 22, 2011 - 4:16pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Mounting tensions and further action by anti-government forces means that the unrest in Libya is the focus of the news. The humanitarian effects of the unrest are growing -
August 11, 2011 - 7:00pm from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Think of revolution in Latin America and you may well picture men with berets riding tanks, addressing large crowds and oozing machismo. Scan photos from Cuba in the 1960s, or Nicaragua in the 1980s, and most of the leaders have beards or moustaches. Women may have helped to seize power and smash the old order – especially in Nicaragua – but precious few got senior positions in ...
August 4, 2011 - 2:26pm from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Tara Kedia, Campbell Miller, Gurveen Chadha, Ryan Tincher, Waritorn Earth Chariyawattanarut Tara Kedia, Campbell Miller, Gurveen Chadha, Ryan Tincher, Waritorn Earth Chariyawattanarut (L-R) The Paganucci Fellows Program is a summer internship for Dartmouth students, hosted by the
July 18, 2011 - 9:43am from Microfinance Nigeria
From The Citizen Tunis.The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a total of $157 million to finance four projects in Chad, Mali, Senegal and Uganda.The projects were approved early this month. Mali Solidarity Bank will benefit from a €5.5-million line of credit to support the country’s microfinance institutions and SMEs. The project is consistent with AfDB Private Sector support strategy, which aims to strengthen the financial sector, ...
July 18, 2011 - 9:41am from Microfinance Africa
From The Citizen Tunis.The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a total of $157 million to finance four projects in Chad, Mali, Senegal and Uganda.The projects were approved early this month. Mali Solidarity Bank will benefit from a €5.5-million line of credit to support the country’s microfinance institutions and SMEs. The project is consistent with AfDB Private Sector support strategy, which aims to strengthen the financial sector, ...