Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Colombia:
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May 25, 2012 - 5:01am
from MicroCapital
The World Council of Credit Unions’ Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) Scholarship Program recently announced the agenda for its four-day program to take place in Gdansk, Poland, from July 15, 2012 – July 18, 2012. The program focuses on developing professional growth of credit union employees and volunteers aged 35 and under. Five participants are chosen each year to receive full scholarships to the following year’s program. This year’s agenda will include: an educational and networking ...
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May 24, 2012 - 5:03am
from Google news - microfinance
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Lends $6.9m to Latin American Microfinance ...MicroCapitalSwitzerland's responsAbility Social Investments AG recently reported to MicroCapital that it ...
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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 23, 2012 - 1:30am
from MicroCapital
Lenddo, a Philippines-based online microfinance firm, reportedly has received approximately USD 8 million in equity from undisclosed US investors. Lenddo is expected to use the funds to expand its operations and increase its capital base. Lenddo provides loans to its members based on their reputation on social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Members can build their Lenddo score by publishing more information about themselves, linking to more social networks, uploading ...
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May 22, 2012 - 12:15pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
WASHINGTON, FRANKFURT, Germany and ATLANTA, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Investment in Musoni Kenya will Expand Access to Financial Services
Grameen Foundation, KfW and CARE’s Access Africa Fund announced they have each purchased a 25 percent stake in Musoni Kenya, the first microfinance institution to provide financial services to the poor entirely via mobile phones. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, it provides microloans largely to people who are underserved by the formal ...
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May 22, 2012 - 12:11pm
from Microfinance Africa
WASHINGTON, FRANKFURT, Germany and ATLANTA, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Investment in Musoni Kenya will Expand Access to Financial Services
Grameen Foundation, KfW and CARE’s Access Africa Fund announced they have each ...
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May 18, 2012 - 2:46am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) Stefanini, una de las firmas pioneras de tecnología en la región, con sede en São Paulo, dio un paso estratégico en su objetivo de expandirse como proveedor de software para el sector microfinanciero en América Latina, al adquirir la empresa uruguaya Top Systems.Fundada en 1987 y con base en Montevideo, Top Systems (o Topaz) presta servicios a entidades de América Latina, el Caribe y Europa, con soluciones de core capaces ...
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May 16, 2012 - 5:03pm
from The Ladder
By Julia Stevens and Li Zou, Center for Social DevelopmentCross posted on YouthSave.orgOn April 17, 2012, a Symposium on International Research and Innovation at Washington University in St. Louis highlighted the experiences and insights of the international research partners in YouthSave. The event, which was hosted by the
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May 16, 2012 - 4:26pm
from Mundo Microfinanzas
Asumió nuevo superintendente de la Economía Solidaria. Enrique Valencia Montoya asumió este martes, ante el ministro de Hacienda, Juan Carlos Echeverry, como nuevo titular de la Superintendencia de la Economía Solidaria de Colombia (foto). El flamante funcionario es profesional en Ciencias Administrativas por la Universidad de ...
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May 16, 2012 - 12:08pm
from Portal de Microfinanzas - Noticias
Para el Banco Compartamos, que nació como una sofom, el fuerte crecimiento de los últimos años es resultado de saber trabajar con un nicho de mercado muy especializado...
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May 15, 2012 - 4:09am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
Crédito: Diana Dultzin/Rimisp(Mundo Microfinanzas) El Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural(Rimisp) presentó su Informe Latinoamericano Pobreza y Desigualdad 2011, un estudio que aporta nueva información sobre enormes inequidades territoriales en la región, que afecta principalmente a poblaciones rurales, ...
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May 14, 2012 - 8:01pm
from Microcredit Summit Campaign Secretariat Blog
Congratulations to the first winner of the Raffle for Institutional Action Plan Submitters, Fundación delamujer of Colombia!Fundación delamujer: A National Propeller in Microfinance Development Throughout its 26 years of operation, Fundación delamujer has continually contributed to the development of microfinance in Colombia. Their accomplishments ...
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May 14, 2012 - 6:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
I was recently sent a new film by an old friend, Hollman Morris. Morris was once the bete noire of the Colombian political class. His searing and powerful attacks on the role of the state in violence and displacement prompted the country's former president, Álvaro Uribe, to describe him as a ...
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May 12, 2012 - 5:57pm
from Google news - microfinance
MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Financial Behavior in Latin America ...MicroCapitalThis document is a summary of the results of research from ...
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May 12, 2012 - 5:01am
from MicroCapital
“The Financial Behavior of Rural Residents: Findings from Five Latin American Countries;” by Jacqueline Urquizo; published by Accion; March 2012; 45 pages; available at:
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May 11, 2012 - 7:49pm
from The Ladder
By Alejandra Montes Saenz, Save the Children ColombiaCross-posted on YouthSave.orgAs part of the overall Financial Capability strategy for Colombia, Save the Children has conducted several launch events in the same schools where the implementation of the financial capability workshops will take place. The overall goal of these events is to gather the students, teachers and school staff and encourage them to start thinking about the importance of saving as a ...
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May 11, 2012 - 12:44pm
from BRAC Blog
The following is an excerpt from and article by Josh Kwan published in the Spring 2012 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
First, the good news. More children in places of poverty are attending school than ever before.2 Thanks to a major push by governments and donors, many countries ...
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May 10, 2012 - 2:55pm
from Microfinance a Working Solution to Global Poverty
At Friday’s Chicago Booth and Zell Center Microfinance Conference, several of my colleagues and members of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity heard from Opportunity International‘s SVP of International Business Development, Dennis Ripley, who spoke as part of a panel called “New Products and Innovations in ...
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May 9, 2012 - 6:34pm
from Mundo Microfinanzas
Por mantener su sólido perfil financiero, su compromiso con el sector empresarial y su papel destacado en la política pública de la economía de Colombia, Bancóldex recibió este año por parte de Standard & Poor’s la ratificación de su calificación BBB-, con perspectiva estable, informó este miércoles la entidad desde Bogotá.La agencia calificadora aseguró que “el Banco mantiene una presencia proactiva, dinámica y bien gestionada en el sistema como ...
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May 9, 2012 - 1:28pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Jacqueline Urquizo, Independent Consultant
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have many questions to consider when developing new products. What are the future clients doing now? What are their motives? What characteristics can help segment clients into appropriate groups? How large is the clientele? Are there enough potential clients to warrant introducing a new product? How likely are clients to change specific behaviors? Are there key relationships ...
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