Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Ecuador:
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May 25, 2012 - 3:00pm
from Kiva.org
If you've ever managed a large group of people, you know how hard it is to both listen to everyone's needs and understand what is best for the group as a whole. Now think about the many complex challenges faced by the poor around the world, and you can see how difficult it is for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing countries to move beyond a ...
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May 25, 2012 - 5:36am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) El rol de una banca sostenible en la promoción de inclusión financiera en América Latina fue uno de los temas abordados en los paneles de la Conferencia Interamericana sobre Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa (CSRAméricas 2012), organizada por el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones(Fomin) del BID, concluida este miércoles en Quito.Algunos bancos de la región han desarrollado estrategias para brindar atención financiera a gran escala ...
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May 22, 2012 - 4:38pm
from Mundo Microfinanzas
Mauricio Muñoz EEl presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, y el presidente del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), Luis Alberto Moreno, inauguraron anoche en la Catedral de Quito la edición 2012 de CSRAmericas, el principal foro latinoamericano dedicado a la responsabilidad social empresaria. El evento es ...
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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 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 10, 2012 - 5:35am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
Si bien los expertos marcan una relación directa entre desarrollo financiero y crecimiento económico, en los últimos años se está analizando la exclusión financiera como una barrera para el desarrollo económico de América Latina, por lo que existe la “necesidad de construir sistemas financieros inclusivos”, afirma el documento básico de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Instituciones Financieras para el Desarrollo (Alide) Innovación Financiera para la Inclusión presentado ...
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May 7, 2012 - 2:16am
from Microcredit Summit Campaign Secretariat Blog
This is re-posted with permission from the Center for Financial Inclusion’s Expert Exchange: Building A Movement Toward Financial Inclusion by 2020, cultivating conversation around the goal of reaching full financial inclusion by 2020. For further questions about this series, write to Sonja E. Kelly, Fellow, Center ...
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May 6, 2012 - 9:46pm
from Mundo Microfinanzas
Analizar lo que los bancos de desarrollo pueden lograr mediante la inclusión es la motivación principal de los líderes financieros de más de veinte países de América Latina y el mundo que se darán cita en Quito este martes y miércoles 8 y 9 de mayo.El encuentro es organizado por la Asociación Latinoamericana de Instituciones Financieras para el Desarrollo (Alide, con sede en Lima) y se desarrollará en instalaciones del hotel JW Marriot.Este segmento financiero ...
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April 30, 2012 - 9:04am
from Microfinance Focus
Accion released a report providing the financial industry with important recommendations for creating and improving services to rural residents in Latin America. This study – based on market research conducted in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Peru – provides a detailed portrait of access, use and attitudes towards financial services by rural residents, both farmers and micro entrepreneurs.
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April 29, 2012 - 6:08pm
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) ACCIÓN dio a conocer el jueves un reporte que proporciona valiosa información a la industria financiera para la creación o mejoramiento de servicios a residentes rurales de América Latina.El estudio de mercado fue hecho en Colombia, República Dominicana, Ecuador, Nicaragua y Perú. Propone un minucioso retrato del acceso, uso y actitudes hacia los servicios financieros por parte de campesinos y microempresarios de la región. Ofrece además una ...
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April 27, 2012 - 5:18pm
from Portal de Microfinanzas - Noticias
El Banco Central de Ecuador iniciará mañana un proyecto piloto para la ampliación del sistema nacional de pagos, que en agosto incluirá la posibilidad de hacer transacciones...
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April 27, 2012 - 1:32pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Lisa Kuhn Fraioli, Vice President, Latin America, Freedom from Hunger
This post is part of the Center for Financial Inclusion’s Expert Exchange: Building A Movement Toward Financial ...
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April 27, 2012 - 12:15pm
from Microfinance Africa
BOSTON, April 26, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Accion, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today released a report providing the financial industry with important recommendations for creating and improving services to rural residents in Latin ...
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April 26, 2012 - 4:21pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Center Staff
This morning, Accion released a report, “The Financial Behavior of Rural Residents: Findings from Five Latin American Countries.” The report, by Jacqueline Urquizo, provides the financial industry with new information relevant for improving financial services to rural residents in Latin ...
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April 23, 2012 - 5:08am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) El Consejo Mundial de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito (WOCCU, por su sigla en inglés) acaba de lanzar una guía técnica en la que repasa la experiencia cooperativa en el uso de tecnología móvil para ampliar la inclusión financiera.La guía, editada en inglés, recoge varias experiencias exitosas en América Latina y otras partes del mundo que han permitido llegar con productos y servicios a poblaciones rurales remotas o sectores económicamente ...
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April 22, 2012 - 10:16pm
from Development Impact - News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation
No one said it’s easy to run a randomized experiment! Like Berk and Marcus have pointed out in previous posts, randomization can go wrong (see here), treatment assignment can get mixed up (see here), and turnover by management at the implementing institution can stop ...
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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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March 25, 2012 - 5:04am
from MicroCapital
Freedom from Hunger, a US-based non-governmental organization that aims to alleviate poverty, and Oikocredit, a Dutch cooperative investment fund, plan to partner with six microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the Andes mountains of Ecuador and Peru to implement Freedom from Hunger’s microfinance and health protection model. Freedom from Hunger and Oikocredit have worked with the MFIs to better understand client needs and develop health packages to improve both health knowledge and access ...
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March 21, 2012 - 5:03am
from MicroCapital
Fitch, a rating agency with headquarters in London and New York, reportedly has affirmed the rating of Peruvian nonprofit holding company Grupo ACP Inversiones y Desarrollo (Grupo ACP) at BB-, indicating an elevated vulnerability to default risk [1] [2]. It also improved the firm’s outlook from stable to positive due to “the company’s sustained performance, sound growth prospects for its core subsidiaries, and the expected stabilization of Grupo ACP ACP’s leverage underpinned by higher ...
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March 20, 2012 - 4:28pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Brian A. Clancy, Chair, CFI Advisory Council
It’s impossible to know in advance if a trip will really move us – that is disrupt our expectations and breach our emotional defenses. Some trips with great promise are barely recalled a month later, while others with modest goals can change the way we see the world. In many cases the difference comes down to a single moment – a deep experience of authenticity that’s somehow both highly specific and universal. But ...
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