After extensive external and internal consultations, the CGAP Board (ExCom) approved the next five-year strategic direction for CGAP at its annual meeting in Amsterdam. The strategic direction lays out five priority themes, desired outcomes, and activities against each priority. We're[…]
Read more...The Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based nonprofit that provides financial services to microfinance institutions, recently notified MicroCapital that it approved the local-currency loan equivalent to approximately USD 370,000 over three years to Chamroeun, a Cambodian microfinance institution. [1][…]
Read more...Greetings from the CYFI summit in Istanbul! The SEEP Youth and Financial Services (YaFS) working group members, Rossana Ramirez (Freedom from Hunger) and Nicki Post (MEDA), co-facilitated the meeting “Understanding Youth and their Financial Needs: Innovations in Youth Financial Services”[…]
Read more...Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan and Beniamino Savonitto Editor’s note: This cross-post with Microfinance Gateway was written by Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, who directs IPA’s Global Financial Inclusion Initiative, and Beniamino Savonitto, director of the Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund supported by Citi Foundation. Does microcredit[…]
Read more...Jacobo Menajovsky, Senior Data Analyst – Grameen Foundation Cross-posted from the Institute For Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion These are my daughter’s old shoes. We just took them out of the closet to pass them on to her younger brother[…]
Read more...On CGD's Voices from the Center, I just reviewed a good report on the coming aid boom in Myanmar. Authors: David Roodman View Profile
Read more...Attention Kiva fans and loyal readers! The Kiva Blog has officially moved from Blogger to the Kiva website. Starting now, there will be no new updates on kivanews.blogspot.com.To get your fix, head over to kivablog.kiva.org, where we'll be publishing more[…]
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Photograph by Mohammad Moniruzzaman,
2009 CGAP Photography Contest Winner