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Financing Low-Cost Housing in Latam
April 10th, 2012
READ MOREThe Conference Financing Low-Cost Housing in Latam will be held in August in Miami, Florida. This year the event focuses on “how to mobilize funding from the capital markets and will clarify the national housing policies across the continent that …
April: Month of Microfinance
April 3rd, 2012
READ MOREThere is a growing interest on microfinance in the United States, a surprising movement taking on account that this financial scheme was originally devised for poor people in developing countries. The Student Microfinance Movement is a student-run microfinance organization based …
Grameen Arrives to Scotland
March 23rd, 2012
READ MOREMuhammad Yunus, the creator of modern microfinance in India and Bangladesh, is planning to establish the first European branch of Grameen Bank. In an interview with The Scotsman he mentioned his plans to raise one million pounds to finance the …
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 …
Explosive Growth of Micro-Credit in China
February 22nd, 2012
READ MOREA note published by Xinhua, the Chinese press agency, reports that in 2011 China’s micro-credit sector witnessed “an explosive growth”. In a statement published in its website the People’s Bank of China asserted that the number of micro-credit companies rose …
Mexico’s National Council for Financial Inclusion
February 20th, 2012
READ MOREThe delivering of financial services at affordable costs to disadvantaged and low income segments of society is a common objective of many central banks and entities among the developing nations. Mexico is no exception: a Presidential decree issued on September …
India: MF Industry Confident for Recovery
February 17th, 2012
READ MOREIn 2010 India microfinance industry suffered the deepest crisis in its history. Fifteen months after, major players appear to be optimistic for a revival in 2012. There are positive developments including the Microfinance Bill and an easing of liquidity crunch. …
MF Indicators Keeps Growing in Philippines
February 15th, 2012
READ MOREIn previous notes of kandeofund.com we have mentioned the successful development of microfinance and microinsurance schemes in Philippines, thanks to the strong institutional framework offered by the country’s central bank. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has just announced that between …
Beyond the Traditional Microfinance Space
February 10th, 2012
READ MORECamilla Néstor, vice president of Microfinance Programs at Grameen Foundation has published an article as a part of the program “Expert Exchange: Building a Movement Towards Financial Inclusion by 2020, developed by the Center for Financial Inclusion”. In her text …
Microfinance Photography Contest
January 30th, 2012
READ MORESince 2006 the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) organizes a successful Microfinance Photography Contest. The works presented by artists, journalists and nonprofessional photographers around the world reveal the human side and even the beauty of the financial scheme …