Dear Group Members, We are glad to release a special issue of Microfinance Focus, July 2008.Microfiannce Focus is an e-monthly having subscribers base of 6000 ...
Hi to all, Good day... i am creating a generic technology proposal for the community that can be used for any financial/microfinance/cooperative institution. i...
Dear friends, We had great success at Asia Pacific Regional Microcredit Summit (APRMS) in Bali last week - thanks to a combination of support from key people...
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Dear APRMS advocates - Many people were behind the success we had. I did not name anyone in my previous mail for fear of leaving someone out. Particularly...
Dears I failed to access the site through the link for the survey detalis, could any one please help me? Â Thanks in advence Rogaya ... From: Susan Johnson...
Dear Susan, Sibel, Thanks for informing about this initiative. This link did not work for me. It does not open. Perhaps you want to attach the questionnaire...
Thank you to for the information. I also had problems with the link. I will like to learn more about the initiative and share information we have in the...
Hello, All. I'm new to this board, though not to microfinance. One of my "specialties" is assisting MFIs to upscale to larger loan sizes (i.e. to the small...
Dear Kirsten, Â Indeed with individual lending loan sizes grow as a result the shift from the poorest to the better offs increase. As we all know in every...
Dear Kirsten, To build further on what Namrata has said,in my exerience there are both supply and demand factors. On the supply side, I think we have to look...
Dear Linda: Of course, I'll be happy to share my article once it's complete! And I'd also be interested to hear from anyone about instances of discrimination...
Namrata: Thanks for your response! Do you happen to know of any good examples of development financial institutions which have successfully designed...
Dear Kirsten, Do you have a copy of the Finca Study in English? Would be interesting to put in the folders on the site? I am actually going to Finca Peru next...
Dear Kerstin, Â Not really. My experince in the sector has been that although women Clientele are targetted by MFIs the loans are "targetted towards men"...
Namrata: I certainly saw that phenomena in Pakistan. Lots of MFIs claimed they were lending to women, but they were really the "front man" for the loan for...
Dear All, Recently I have completed my research in Lahore, Pakistan, focused on ‘Men’s perspective of women’s empowerment through microfinance’.  I...
Dear Namrata and Kirsten, Â I do agree with views of Namarta regarding the utilization of MF loans in Pakistan by the male members of female borrowers. The...
Dear Kirsten: In relation to statistics reflecting the proportion of men and women that
are in micro and SME, there are studies made by Juan Diego Trejos...
Dear Sir/Madam, Nakuru North Women Empowerment Programme is an initiative of Education Supplements International,a non-governmental organization(NGO) based in...
Dear Sir/Madam, Microfinance Focus glad to release a special issue of August 2008. This issue focuses on various aspects of Micro insurance. Microfinance Focus...
There's been some mention on this list and on the microfinance practice group about MFIs in certain countries which lend through women rather than to women;...
Dear Kirsten, Yes certainly in the case of Pakistan I think the studies by both Abbas, and also a rigorous study by the EU which is in the Pakistan folder in...
The gender survey is closing on Monday! Thanks to everyone who has completed the survey on barriers to the growth of women-owned microenterprises and what...
Wife Detained Over Hubby's Loan Monday, 15 September 2008 A 36-year-old woman, Veronica Eklu, was detained for five hours on Thursday by a savings and loans...
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