Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Peru:
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May 24, 2012 - 6:12pm
from CGAP Technology Blog
In an earlier blog post of last year we shared the findings of a market segmentation study in Mexico conducted by CGAP, in collaboration with McKinsey & Company. The study (available in English and
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May 23, 2012 - 2:34pm
from MicroCapital
Grameen Foundation, a US-based nonprofit that helps microfinance institutions (MFIs) replicate the model of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank; KfW Bankengruppe, the German development bank; and the Access Africa Fund, a US-based for-profit limited liability company launched by nonprofit CARE International, have each purchased a 25-percent stake in Musoni Kenya, a Kenyan MFI that provides financial services via mobile phone. The MFI focuses on the portion of the population that lacks access to the ...
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May 23, 2012 - 5:01am
from MicroCapital
“Diamonds No Longer Forever;” by Scott Gaul; published by Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX); April 2012; available at: http://www.themix.org/publications/microbanking-bulletin/2012/04/diamonds-no-longer-forever
This publication announces a change in ...
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May 22, 2012 - 11:15am
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
This post kicks off a special series on reaching small holder farmers through innovative finance. Over the coming weeks the series will feature a variety of voices on this topic. We welcome your participation through comments.
With more than 50% of the developing world’s population (3.1 billion people) living in rural ...
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May 21, 2012 - 8:47pm
from MicroCapital
MicroRate, a US-based microfinance rating agency, with funding from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG), a non-profit fund certification agency based in Luxembourg, has launched the full version of Luminis, an online analytical platform on microfinance funds. The beta version was launched in January 2012.
Luminis offers analysis based on performance, risk, social and management (PRSM) data. The web-based platform enables investors to ...
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May 18, 2012 - 5:13pm
from Kiva.org
While many microfinance organizations are established to provide financial products and services to the underserved, and then add non-financial support services to improve their clients' ability to effectively use them, one Kiva Field Partner in Peru did it the other way around.Manuela Ramos was ...
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May 15, 2012 - 12:40pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
LONDON, May 15 (Bernama) — A microfinance provider in south Indian state Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia and Afghanistan as a finalist for the Ashden Awards, the world’s leading green energy prize.
The finalists will compete for over 120,000 pound prize money with the winners to be announced at a prestigious ceremony ...
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May 15, 2012 - 12:38pm
from Microfinance Africa
LONDON, May 15 (Bernama) — A microfinance provider in south Indian state Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia and ...
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May 15, 2012 - 7:47am
from Google news - microfinance
Indian Microfinance Provider Finalist For Global Green Energy AwardBernamaLONDON, May 15 (Bernama) -- A microfinance provider in south Indian state Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia and Afghanistan as a finalist for ...
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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 - 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 14, 2012 - 1:34am
from Development Impact - News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation
I spent Friday and Saturday at the BREAD development conference at Yale (program here). It differs from most conferences - which feature many papers each presented for a short amount of time- by instead having only 7 papers each presented for 1 hour 15 minutes with plenty of spirited discussion. The conference featured some interesting papers, including
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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 - 2:52pm
from MicroCapital
Grameen Foundation India, a subsidiary of the US-based Grameen Foundation that promotes access to microfinance and technological services, has launched an iteration of the Progress Out of Poverty Index (PPI), a tool that measures poverty levels of groups and individuals, for India. The tool, versions of which have been developed for various countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, can be used by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), social enterprises, social ...
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May 10, 2012 - 12:32pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Danielle Donza
For publically traded retail banks, valuations are at historic lows. In the microfinance industry, 2011 also saw the continued compression of valuation multiples from 2009 highs, according to the recently released Global Microfinance Equity Valuation Survey, Volume Growth and Valuation Contraction. CGAP and J.P. Morgan, with support from the
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May 4, 2012 - 2:03pm
from The Ladder
Although the race for the Republican nomination is all but over, Ron Paul has brought issues to the fore that would otherwise have remained obscure. One of his classic refrains – one that has received support in different forms from the likes of Allen Greenspan and Robert Zoellick – is to shut down the ...
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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 30, 2012 - 5:05am
from MicroCapital
Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), a US-based nonprofit provider of data and analysis on microfinance institutions (MFIs), funders, networks and service providers dedicated to serving the financial needs of low-income clients, has released the names of 87 MFIs that have earned its winners of the Social Performance Reporting Award. The awards are distinguished by silver, gold and platinum winners.
The awards are intended to promote transparency regarding MFIs’ social ...
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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 ...
