Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in China, People's Republic of:
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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 17, 2012 - 9:02am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Papua is one of the last great frontier wildernesses. Its vast rainforests and coral rich waters are home to more than 250 indigenous tribes, the most linguistically diverse population on Earth. But it is also the scene of a brutal and under-reported conflict.Indonesia took control of the western half of New Guinea – now the provinces of Papua and ...
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May 16, 2012 - 10:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Years after debt campaigners succeeded in persuading the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and G8 to abolish debts worth billions of dollars owed by developing countries, figures show total external debts are once again on the increase.Data in the World Bank's
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May 7, 2012 - 6:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
All developing regions have enjoyed faster growth since 2002, with particular attention focused on the performance of larger countries. A string of acronyms, most notably Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), has animated the idea of a "great convergence" as incomes in the global south are
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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 27, 2012 - 11:34am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
A long queue of cars and motorbikes snakes from the dusty forecourt of a petrol station into the main road, hampering traffic on a sweltering afternoon. Over the past fortnight the queues have become increasingly common in Juba, South Sudan's capital, as a shutdown of oil production – caused by an oil-fee dispute with Sudan – begins to ...
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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 ...
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April 25, 2012 - 12:30pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
By Hope Moses-Ashike, Business Day Online
Apart from empowering the economically active people, jobs are expected to be created in a N40-million strategic partnership between Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, the Lagos State Microfinance Institution (LASMI) and Cowries Micro Finance Bank.
Gbolahan Adeyemi, chairman, Poverty Alleviation Unit, in the local government, who disclosed this at an interactive session on effective tips for small business growth, ...
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April 25, 2012 - 12:30pm
from Microfinance Africa
By Hope Moses-Ashike, Business Day Online
Apart from empowering the economically active people, jobs are expected to be created in a N40-million strategic partnership between Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, the Lagos State Microfinance Institution ...
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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 19, 2012 - 6:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Businesses are interested in Burma because the country is rich in natural resources and has a vast pool of young people eager to work and to consume. They have been restrained because
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April 18, 2012 - 4:13pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Sudan burns – and the world yawns. Clashes along the north-south border multiply and spread, presaging all-out war – and the UN talks vaguely of new sanctions. Khartoum's parliament brands newly independent South Sudan
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April 18, 2012 - 6:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Asia's rapid rise is the most successful story of economic development in recent history. Income per capita reached nearly $5,000 in purchasing power parity terms in 2010. Investment rates averaged 35% of GDP over the decade. The number of people living below the $1.25-a-day poverty line fell by ...
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April 16, 2012 - 5:49pm
from Digital Money
David Wolman is a contributing editor at Wired, and has also written for publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
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Microinsurance coverage expanding at breathtaking pace according to ILO and the Munich Re Foundation
April 10, 2012 - 1:51pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
Geneva/Munich – The number of microinsurance schemes worldwide has increased substantially over the past five years and now reaches an estimated 500 million worldwide, according to the Microinsurance Innovation Facility of the International Labour Organization and the Munich Re Foundation. Microinsurance aims to protect poor people against risks – such as accidents, illnesses, death in the family, natural disasters and property losses – in exchange for insurance premium payments tailored ...
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Microinsurance coverage expanding at breathtaking pace according to ILO and the Munich Re Foundation
April 10, 2012 - 1:45pm
from Microfinance Africa
Geneva/Munich – The number of microinsurance schemes worldwide has increased substantially over the past five years and now reaches an estimated 500 million worldwide, according to the Microinsurance Innovation Facility of the ...
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April 9, 2012 - 4:41pm
from MicroCapital
The Chinese government’s State Council recently identified 12 measures to improve local capital markets, Chinese financial institutions and access to finance for Chinese private enterprises that are small and medium-sized.
In terms of developing local capital markets, the Chinese government identified the following goals: building up a comprehensive local financial regulatory system, opening the local bond market to small enterprises, allowing private Chinese direct investments to ...
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April 9, 2012 - 12:53pm
from MicroCapital
An estimate attributed to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology indicates that 15 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China are able to secure loans from banks. However, SMEs often pay interest rates of between 20 and 50 percent more than is charged to large enterprises. The number of SMEs reportedly increased sevenfold between 2008 and 2011. The firms may be funded by shareholders, bank loans and donations. Of loans made by Chinese microcredit ...
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April 4, 2012 - 3:05pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It hardly comes as a massive shock that flows of aid were down last year. No western country has been left unscathed by the downturn of the past five years and that financial pressure is reflected in the
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April 3, 2012 - 8:41pm
from BRAC Blog
By Rod Dubitsky, Board Member, BRAC USA
In this highly partisan political season, where economic calamity is deemed inevitable if the wrong party is elected, “The Coming Prosperity” is a refreshing new entrant on the bookshelf. It is a book at odds with political rhetoric, but squares nicely with emerging global trends. The argument, in a ...
