Daily Archives | financial inclusion
Profile: Vision Microfinance
May 11th, 2012
READ MOREMicrofinance projects and financial inclusion strategies are flourishing around the world. Vision Microfinance is one of them. This institution launched its first microfinance fund in 2006. A second fund was established four years later. The company believes that “by investing …
1 in 3 Adults Saved Money in 2011
May 3rd, 2012
READ MOREAccording to a new study by Gallup and the World Bank, 30% of the world’s adults reported saving or setting aside money last year. The study found that there are marked differences in how adults save. Men, adults with high …
How Many are Unbanked in the World?
April 30th, 2012
READ MOREThe World Bank launched recently the Global Findex, the first public database of indicators that consistently measures people’s use of financial products across 148 countries. The index is possible thanks to a 10-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates …
Financial Inclusion in India
April 26th, 2012
READ MOREThe modern model of microfinance was created in Bangladesh and India in an effort to achieve the financial inclusion of an impoverished population. According to the Reserve Bank of India the work to make available basic amenities for the poor …
The World Bank Supports Microfinance
April 24th, 2012
READ MOREThe World Bank Group provides loans to more than one hundred developing countries. It is one of the most active supporters of microfinance and financial inclusion. According to its research team 2.7 billion adults still lack access to financial services …
8 in 10 Filipinos Have no Bank Account
April 20th, 2012
READ MOREAccording to the survey released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas the majority of Filipinos have no bank deposit account. The Consumer Finance Survey showed that 88.5% did not have a deposit account because “they do not have enough money …
“Credit is not a Human Right”
April 19th, 2012
READ MOREFew years ago Dr. Muhammad Yunus asserted that credit should be elevated to the category of human rights to raise a sense of urgency regarding its implementation. A new work published by John Gershman and Jonathan Morduch, researchers at the …
M-Pesa Accelerates Financial Inclusion
April 16th, 2012
READ MOREA post submitted by Ignacio Mas in the World Bank Blog assures that the best way to improve the performance of microfinance institutions and the projects of financial inclusion is “an element of disruption thrown into banking… someone coming from …
A Journalism Competition for Financial Inclusion
April 4th, 2012
READ MOREThere is a growing interest about microfinance and financial inclusion issues in most information sources of the world, especially in newspapers and Internet sites. Nevertheless that’s not enough. The prestigious British newspaper The Guardian has launched, for the fifth consecutive …
Microfinance Conference in Mexico
March 13th, 2012
READ MOREBased in London, England, Hanson Wade is a business conference organizer whose goal is to accelerate progress within organizations and across industries. In May 22-23 the company will host the Transformational Microfinance Conference in Mexico City. According to the press …