Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Macedonia:
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April 13, 2012 - 2:20pm
from MicroCapital
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group, has loaned EUR 10 million (USD 13.1 million) to Macedonia’s Ohridska Banka “to increase access to finance for small and medium enterprises and boost economic recovery in the country.” The senior loan is part of IFC’s strategies to support recovery from the global financial crisis and increase lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) [1].
For the year 2010, Ohridska Banka ...
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March 3, 2012 - 7:05pm
from MicroCapital
Partner Microcredit Foundation (PMCF), a microfinance institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the technical assistance arm of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a development finance investment fund, have collaborated on a financial literacy project for which PMCF created a “guide to smart borrowing” that covers topics including conducting business with financial institutions, obtaining a loan, acting as a guarantor on a loan, management of household budgets and the basics ...
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December 12, 2011 - 8:41pm
from MicroCapital
Microcredit Foundation Prizma, a microfinance institution located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has reported to MicroCapital that it received a loan of BAM 1 million (USD 680,000) from Bosnian commercial bank Privredna Banka Sarajevo dd.
As of November 2011, Prizma reports to MicroCapital that it has 70,000 active borrowers and has loaned a total of BAM 530 million (USD 362 million). It operates 50 branch offices Bosnia and Herzegovina and has a staff of 250. No financial information ...
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December 7, 2011 - 1:14am
from MicroCapital
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a microfinance investment fund incorporated in Luxembourg, has reported to MicroCapital that it has made a loan equivalent to USD 13.4 million to Intesa Sanpaolo Banka, a commercial bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Intesa Sanpaolo Banka is majority-owned by Intesa Sanpaolo Group, an Italian banking group formed from the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. It offers various products including loans to small and medium-sized ...
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September 9, 2011 - 5:52pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Adriana Magdas
Couple at store in Nepal.
In celebration of its 3rd anniversary, the Center for Financial Inclusion is organizing an after-hours event at its Washington, DC office. Guests can view a photo exhibit demonstrating disability inclusion in countries ...
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July 19, 2011 - 4:41am
from MicroCapital
Microcredit Foundation Horizonti (Horizonti) of Macedonia recently received the 2011 European Best Practices Award, which is offered jointly by Italy’s Foundation Giordano Dell’Amore and the France-based European Microfinance Network (EMN).
Having started as a microfinance programme in 2000 Horizonti registered as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in 2005. It provides financial services to low-income populations in Macedonia through business loans for microenterprises and small ...
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July 8, 2011 - 5:03am
from MicroCapital
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a microfinance investment fund incorporated in Luxembourg, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made debt investments worth a total of EUR 34 million (USD 49.7 million) in three banks that support micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs): Raiffeisen Banka Serbia, ProCredit Bank Macedonia and Mikrofin Banka Luka of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In Serbia, EFSE is providing a long-term credit facility of EUR 25 ...
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June 29, 2011 - 2:33pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Some 70% of households in eastern Europe and central Asia said they had to cut back spending on basic foods and healthcare because of the global economic crisis, according to a report published on Wednesday.The
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June 24, 2011 - 5:03am
from MicroCapital
FINCA International, a US-based network of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 21 countries, has established FINCA Microfinance Holdings (FMH) LLC, with USD 74 million from social investors including: USD 35 million from International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group; USD 15 million from KfW Bankengruppe, a German development bank; EUR 10.5 million (USD 14 million) from Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO in Dutch), a Dutch ...
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June 22, 2011 - 11:40am
from Microfinance Focus
Non-governmental Macedonian organization, Microcredit Foundation Horizonti, recently received the 2011 European Best Practices Award of the Foundation Giordano Dell Amore, in cooperation with European Microfinance Network (EMN).
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June 8, 2011 - 8:02am
from Microfinance Focus
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) on Tuesday signed a loan agreement with ProCredit Bank Macedonia (the Bank). Under the agreement, EFSE will provide EUR 2.5 million, equivalent of EUR 2.5 million in Macedonian Denar in funding to the Bank’s business of lending to very small and small enterprises in FYR Macedonia.
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May 5, 2011 - 7:58am
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Rosita Najmi
Visitors view original photo exhibit on UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3, 2010. (USAID)
The Center’s program on Financial Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities is honored to host a photo exhibit, “USAID and Inclusive Development: Mainstreaming Disability in the Millennium Development Goals: ...
MIX Recent Features
May 2, 2011 - 2:04pm
from MIX Recent Features
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