Countries & Regions

Microfinance in East Timor:

May 14, 2012 - 1:19pm from MicroCapital
National Insurance Timor-Leste (NITL), an insurance company in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, has partnered with local microfinance institutions (MFIs) Tuba Rai Metin and Moris Rasik to introduce regulated microinsurance products in the country. NITL will underwrite the products, which will be distributed by Tuba Rai Metin and Moris Rasik to their clients. The first two products, “Credit Life Plus,” which was launched in April, and “Asuransi Protesaun ba Familia,” launched in ...
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 ...
April 16, 2012 - 12:22pm from Microfinance Nigeria
By Deepika Amirapu, The Economic Times HYDERABAD: One of India’s oldest microfinance institutions is heading to Africa to try and spread its risks because of the troubles the sector is facing at home. The Basix Group, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Hyderabad, is looking to acquire ...
April 16, 2012 - 12:19pm from Microfinance Africa
By Deepika Amirapu, The Economic Times HYDERABAD: One of India’s oldest microfinance ...
March 1, 2012 - 5:34pm from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Steve Wright, Director, Social Performance Management Center, Grameen Foundation and Kate Griffin, Director, Solutions for the Poorest, Grameen Foundation In the recent New York Times article, “How Companies Learn your Secrets”, Charles Duhigg discusses how companies can use ...
January 26, 2012 - 8:00am from MicroCapital
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based nongovernmental organization, has reported to MicroCapital that it has issued a three-year loan of USD 300,000 to Tuba Rai Metin (TRM), a microfinance institution (MFI) in East Timor [1]. GCAMF also marked its first investments in Tajikistan with local-currency loans equivalent to USD 643,800 each to MFIs Arvand and Humo and Partners. As of 2010, TRM provides loans and saving services to approximately ...
March 30, 2011 - 9:16pm from AidData: The First Tranche
Countries that suffer from major natural disasters always receive offers of aid from around the world. As one would expect, neighboring and allied states are particularly likely to offer aid, and the major contributors tend to be those countries that are also large donors of official development assistance (ODA). But the list also includes countries that one does not normally think of as aid donors.A Wikipedia page which has been tracking
January 6, 2011 - 9:49pm from Financial Access Initiative Blog
This post was originally published on the CGAP blog. Rich Rosenberg blogged yesterday about an Atlantic article that profiled John ...