Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Russia:
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May 21, 2012 - 10:11am
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
This is the final post in the short series on microfinance in Russia. You can find the previous two posts here and
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May 16, 2012 - 10:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Years after debt campaigners succeeded in persuading the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and G8 to abolish debts worth billions of dollars owed by developing countries, figures show total external debts are once again on the increase.Data in the World Bank's
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May 15, 2012 - 4:03pm
from Private Sector Development Blog
Economists usually enjoy working on economic data and writing up reports. But Sudharshan Canagarajah also likes giving conventional economic thinking a nudge — in this case, on migration.
As the World Bank’s Lead Economist for Tajikistan, Sudharshan noticed that Tajiks were on the move. In response to the country’s various crises, they sought new opportunities, mainly in Russia. They had no support from government, and little ...
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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 11, 2012 - 10:04pm
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
The exorbitant interest rates offered by so-called “microlending” companies (who look much more like payday lenders or garden variety loan sharks) to clients of the Russian Post recently gave rise to a wave of indignation on the part of the public, government, mass media and the responsible microfinance industry.
Microlending has existed in Russia for 15 years but it was not until 2011 that special legislation came into force, providing for a clearer legal status of microlending ...
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May 9, 2012 - 8:27am
from Morocco Microfinance Blog
May 07Mexico: Mexico's Credit Card
Grupo Elektra's Ricardo Salinas Pliego makes his billions the old-fashioned way: by charging the poor usurious ...
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May 7, 2012 - 6:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
All developing regions have enjoyed faster growth since 2002, with particular attention focused on the performance of larger countries. A string of acronyms, most notably Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), has animated the idea of a "great convergence" as incomes in the global south are
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May 4, 2012 - 8:56pm
from CGAP Microfinance Blog
This post kicks-off a three-part series on Russia’s financial inclusion space. This short series will feature prominent voices from Russia’s microfinance industry and discuss new developments and implications for the global industry as a whole.
Just as the dust settled after a controversial entrance of new players in the Russian microfinance sector about a year ago – those claiming themselves to be ”microfinance organizations” and
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May 4, 2012 - 6:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
The future is urban. By 2030, 60% of the global population will live in towns and cities, particularly in Africa and Asia where the urban population is set to double in the next two decades. Cities are the centres of growth, dynamism and opportunity. But they are vulnerable to pollution and disasters, and their poorest people lack basic ...
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May 3, 2012 - 10:00am
from CGAP Technology Blog
This is the fifth and final post in our series on remittances and branchless banking. You can read the first four posts here. So far, we have highlighted the emerging success factors and challenges featured in our 2012 landscaping exercise. Paolo Baltao from Globe’s GCASH shared with us the lessons learned over a period of eight years during which time he led one of the first ...
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May 1, 2012 - 2:47pm
from AidData: The First Tranche
The readers of this blog are familiar with the argument that aid fragmentation combined with the lack of comprehensive data on aid undermines aid effectiveness. Various initiatives are currently trying to improve the situation by tracking and mapping donor engagement.But what if donors’ funding bears zero relationship to the impact of the aid they finance? ...
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April 26, 2012 - 9:30am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It is not original to remark that there is a modern-day scramble for Africa taking place. Economic growth averaging around 5% on the continent for the past decade is certainly good news compared with two decades of increasing poverty. But on the other side of the coin are the reasons for that growth: the large-scale export ...
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April 18, 2012 - 4:13pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Sudan burns – and the world yawns. Clashes along the north-south border multiply and spread, presaging all-out war – and the UN talks vaguely of new sanctions. Khartoum's parliament brands newly independent South Sudan
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April 17, 2012 - 10:08am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has spent the past couple of years articulating a message of support for civil society as a vital part of the development process, with a special focus on women's rights, to complement America's traditional concentration on the role of the private sector. Her focus on "people-to-people" ...
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April 17, 2012 - 12:00am
from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
Introduction
This Annual Policy for 2012-13 is set in a challenging macroeconomic environment. At the global level, concerns about a crisis have abated somewhat since the Third Quarter Review (TQR) in January 2012. The US economy continues to show signs of modest recovery. Large scale liquidity infusions by the European ...
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April 10, 2012 - 10:00am
from CGAP Technology Blog
This is the fourth post in a series on remittances. The previous blog in this series discussed the scale of the remittance flows between Russia and Tajikistan and the huge potential for linking them with other financial ...
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April 5, 2012 - 3:39pm
from MicroCapital
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group, has provided a five-year loan of RUB 300 million (USD 10 million) to Russia-based NBD Bank to support small businesses in small company towns in central Russia [1]. The funds are expected to offer “a new line of financial services and products for small companies to help them invest in production assets and expand employment” [1].
NBD Bank reports total assets of RUB 13.6 billion (USD ...
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April 3, 2012 - 10:00am
from CGAP Technology Blog
This is the third post in a series on remittances. Stefan Staschen works regularly as a consultant for CGAP’s Government and Policy Team and is an Associate with Bankable Frontier Associates.
Tajik migrants, courtesy of Stefan ...
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March 30, 2012 - 9:52pm
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March 26, 2012 - 5:59am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
We all know that the Brics have emerged as major world players, with China leading the way, South Africa quite some way behind and Russia a strange anomaly as part of a former superpower. We also know their newfound importance is in part expressed in the rise of their foreign assistance ...
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