Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Mozambique:
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May 24, 2012 - 9:01pm
from Microfinance a Working Solution to Global Poverty
Last Friday, agricultural finance took center stage at the
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May 12, 2012 - 11:04pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It is tempting to wonder how much of an appetite Barack Obama will have for dinner on Thursday evening. That afternoon, ahead of the two-day meeting of the G8 at Camp David, which kicks off on Friday, he will announce what is currently being called "the new alliance to increase food security and nutrition".It's an initiative by members of the G8 ...
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May 10, 2012 - 6:02pm
from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
RBI/2011-12/549
A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.125
May 10, 2012
To
All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks
Madam / Sir,
Exim Bank's Line of Credit of USD 13 million to the
Government of the Republic of Mozambique
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has concluded an Agreement dated September 1, 2011 with the ...
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April 27, 2012 - 10:40pm
from Microfinance a Working Solution to Global Poverty
I just received this story from Mozambique that I wanted to share with you. The lovely staff of Opportunity Mozambique once again demonstrated their commitment to empowering and celebrating women by taking part in International Women’s Day 2012 in early April. Based on this year’s theme “Empowering Girls, Building the Future,” masses of ...
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April 19, 2012 - 3:45pm
from GiveWell Blog
Since GiveWell recommended the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) in November 2011, SCI has received about $1.4 million in unrestricted funds ($500,000 of which we directly attribute to GiveWell’s recommendation), of which $1.1 million remains to be spent. We have spoken with and met with SCI to discuss its plans for using these funds.
Funds spent to date
SCI has made grants of $100,000 and $80,000 to Yemen and Senegal respectively for deworming ...
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April 17, 2012 - 11:12am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
The agenda for the upcoming Earth summit in Rio this June has a glaring hole: land rights.I have spent the last two years investigating the global epidemic of land grabs for a book. Saudi ...
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March 26, 2012 - 3:16pm
from GiveWell Blog
Context: VillageReach focuses on health-system logistics in the developing-world. It was our top-rated charity from July 2009-November 2011, and GiveWell donors contributed over $2 million to it. These funds have primarily been directed towards a scale-up of VillageReach’s approach to health supplies in Mozambique. We have been posting regular updates on ...
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March 26, 2012 - 3:12pm
from GiveWell Blog
This is a guest post from John Beale, VillageReach’s Director, Strategic Development & Group Lead, Social Business Group.
VillageReach has been reviewed by GiveWell since mid-2009, and was recommended as its #1 recommendation for two years, until November 2011. In providing this updated review of our work in Mozambique, we see a need to explain the context for what we ...
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March 23, 2012 - 6:47am
from Development Impact - News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation
· If you want a taste of the wide range of exciting new research going on in development economics, the programs of the CSAE conference at Oxford and PACDEV conference at UC Davis are a good place to start. CSAE even has videos of the keynotes.
· On the
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March 21, 2012 - 7:22pm
from The Ladder
NAF's Global Savings and Social Protection initiative is excited to release its second heat-mapping of different countries' potential to implement savings-linked social protection programs. NAF has identified 51 countries around the world that have social safety net/public ...
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March 16, 2012 - 1:00pm
from David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog
The author sent me a draft for comment. You can see from the cover why the publisher was interested. I’ll withhold final judgment on the text until I’ve seen the final version. The draft concerned me—as with Milford Bateman’s book, at least as much for the manner of argument as the conclusions.
The title doesn’t quite make sense. What would a microfinance heretic confess? That he’d fabricated his heresy? The idea is more like: Heretical Confessions of a ...
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March 16, 2012 - 12:47pm
from MFTransparency.org: Blog
Developing useful tools and ...
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March 9, 2012 - 2:31pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
From Citifm Online
The Ghanaian branch of MicroEnsure, a UK-based subsidiary of nonprofit Opportunity International that serves as a microinsurance intermediary, has announced plans to offer credit health insurance to microfinance clients in Ghana.
The product will enable MicroEnsure to cover weekly microcredit repayments in the event that the borrower is admitted to the hospital ...
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March 9, 2012 - 2:29pm
from Microfinance Africa
From Citifm Online
The Ghanaian branch of MicroEnsure, a UK-based subsidiary of nonprofit Opportunity International that serves as a microinsurance intermediary, has ...
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March 9, 2012 - 11:00am
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
About two billion people in the developing world are financially excluded. In many parts of Africa, more than 80 percent of the population does not have access to basic financial services. Even with a proliferation of financial products for low-income groups, many people do not know how to use these services, or do ...
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March 8, 2012 - 5:30am
from MicroCapital
By Chuck Waterfield, Published by MicroFinance Transparency, June 2011, 10 pages,
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March 8, 2012 - 5:08am
from MicroCapital
The Ghanaian branch of MicroEnsure, a UK-based subsidiary of nonprofit Opportunity International that serves as a microinsurance intermediary, has announced plans to offer credit health insurance to microfinance clients in Ghana. The product will enable MicroEnsure to cover weekly microcredit repayments in the event that the borrower is admitted to the hospital during the loan term. Clients will need to present proof of admission and discharge from a recognized inpatient hospital in order ...
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March 2, 2012 - 7:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
There is rarely anything illegal about African governments selling off large chunks of land to local or international investors. Frankly, investors wouldn't get involved if domestic and international laws did not protect ...
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February 24, 2012 - 4:00pm
from Microfinance a Working Solution to Global Poverty
In remote areas of Mozambique, Ghana and Rwanda, far from the nearest brick-and-mortar bank branch, many Opportunity International clients, regardless of where they live or work, can make transactions in real-time using Enterprise Open Sky (EOS).
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