Microfinance

                   

Uganda: We Need Better Ways of Rural Financing

allafrica.com
3 hrs ago 1 related
        

Posted to the web 19 November 2008 Nathan Were Kampala A two-day microfinance forum on the theme "expanding frontiers in rural finance" was held in Bergamo in Italy recently. The concern of the key presenters and participants...

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MasterCard and Brac in Ugandan microfinance initiative

finextra.com
18 hrs ago
        

The MasterCard Foundation and BRAC announced today a $19.6 million program to expand financial services to the poor across Uganda, benefiting approximately 2 million people. This initiative will demonstrate for the first time...

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SKS Appoints Suresh Gurumani as CEO

indiaenews.com
18 hrs ago 2 related
        

From correspondents in Delhi, India, 10:16 PM IST Suresh Gurumani, a banking and financial sector veteran, has been appointed the CEO of SKS Microfinance, India’s largest microfinance institution. A Chartered Accountant ,...

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What's In Your Philanthropy? New Platform Puts 'Idle' Donor Advised Fund Assets To Work For More...

finanznachrichten.de
18 hrs ago 2 related
        

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In the current market downturn, individuals seeking to squeeze the most impact from their shrinking philanthropic assets have an important new alternative to explore in Calvert Giving...

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globalenvision.org: HSBC's new project strives to lend to Muslim business owners. Photo: Leeno globalenvision.org

World's Biggest Bank Backs Islamic Microfinance

globalenvision.org
13 hrs ago
        

Leeno " title="HSBC's new project strives to lend to Muslim business owners. Photo: Leeno " class="img" width="500px" height="375px" />HSBC's new project strives to lend to Muslim business owners. Photo: Leeno Do microloans...

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Credit crisis hurts microfinance programs in South Asia

iht.com
yesterday 7 related
        

A global credit crisis that has felled large investment banks and prompted multi-billion dollar bailout packages is also hurting unlikely victims half a world away: small South Asian businesses that depend on microfinance....

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Global Partnerships closes $20 million fund aimed at microcredit in Latin America

nwsource.com
yesterday
        

In the midst of a shrinking supply of global capital, Global Partnerships closed a $20 million investment fund designed to expand access... By Kristi Heim Seattle Times business reporter In the midst of a shrinking supply of...

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Column : Small is beautiful and efficient

expressindia.com
yesterday
        

While the global economic crisis has made the notion of decoupling seem absurd, there is one sector that is largely decoupled—namely, microfinance and the rural poor clients it serves. Those of us in the microfinance sector...

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Microfinance still a safe bet: Akula

livemint.com
yesterday 3 related
        

New Delhi: Lending to the poor in times of financial turmoil may actually be a sound idea. This is the view Vikram Akula, CEO and founder of SKS Microfinance, wants to share with fellow investors. His firm services 3.5 million...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Provides Funding to Launch the ASA Foundation (Business Wire)

yahoo.com
yesterday
        

NEW YORK----The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation today announced that it has provided funding to help launch the ASA Foundation, a non-profit organization that will seek to improve efficiency and growth in microfinance...

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