Resources Tagged: Microfinance

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  1. Microfinance Gateway

    Since 2000, CGAP's Microfinance Gateway has been a valuable resource for individuals and organizations working to advance financial inclusion for the world’s poor. The Gateway welcomes more than 1 million annual visitors from over 200 countries, who recognize the Gateway as the web's leading...
    Microfinance

  2. Microfinance and Poverty Reduction

    Key Resource 1997-11-01 This book considers various types of microfinance schemes and compares the effectiveness of different approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problems facing poor people. Microfinance...
    Microfinance Poverty

  3. Christian Microenterprise Development

    Key Resource 2003-01-01 Microenterprise Development (MED) has been embraced with great enthusiasm by mission groups. Over 1200 Christian organisations are currently implementing MED in the two thirds world. But many of these efforts begin with little understanding of the basic fundamentals of creating a credit culture,...
    Business Skills Microfinance Microfinance Projects Small Enterprise D...

  4. Cloning Grameen Bank: Replicating a Poverty Reduction Model in India, Nepal and Vietnam

    Key Resource 1996-01-19 Inspired by the enormous success of the Grameen Bank in providing financial assistance to the poorest of the poor, four individuals - a central banker, an appropriate-technology NGO organizer, a professor of international relations and a top-level communist official - each sought to replicate and...
    Credit Program Small Enterprises Microfinance

  5. SAWBO - Microfinance 2: Election of a Management Committee

    This animation describes the process of electing a management committee. We discuss how decisions are made collectively and how a committee is elected as part of this process. It is the second animation out of six in the Microfinance Animation Series. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO)...
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  6. SAWBO - Microfinance 3: Fines for Missing a Meeting and Missing a Payment

    This animation describes the concept of fines that can be applied when one misses a group meeting and in the same order, fines that can be applied when one misses a savings payment. It is the third animation out of six in the microfinance animation series. Scientific Animations Without Borders...
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  7. The Economics of Microfinance

    2010-01-20 The microfinance revolution has allowed more than 150 million poor people around the world to receive small loans without collateral, build up assets, and buy insurance. The idea that providing access to reliable and affordable financial services can have powerful economic and social effects has...
    Microfinance

  8. Mainstreaming Microfinance: How Lending to the Poor Began, Grew and Came of Age in Bolivia

    2001-01-20 Some people tout microfinance as the most important tool now available for fighting poverty while still others doubt its contribution to the "truly" poor. This volume offers a reasoned, moderate voice on the virtues and problems of microfinance. Drawing on the success story of Bolivia, Rhyne...
    Microfinance

  9. Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day

    2009-04-20 Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table, afford a home, and educate your children? How would you handle emergencies and old age? Every day,...
    Microfinance

  10. Microfinance

    One key aspect of those who live in poverty is a lack of options. Personal finances are one area in which lack of options can have a huge impact on a family and community. Sometimes income and/or expenses are irregular, leaving folks vulnerable. The opportunity to borrow a small amount of money...
    Microfinance