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  • Wednesday, April 1, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Cambodia: Microfinance Lenders See Rise in Bad Microloans

    Source: The Phnom Penh Post
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    Tuesday, March 31, 2009

    MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance Seminar: Exploring Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Migration and Remittances April 15, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

    “Are Remittances Still Resilient? Exploring the Impact of the Global Economic Downturn on Migration and Remittances”

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009, Washington, DC, USA

    Join Dilip Ratha (World Bank), Kathleen Newland (Migration Policy Insititute), Kai Schmitz (Microfinance International Corporation) and Borany Penh (US Agency for International Development/Microenterprise Development Office) for a discussion of how the current global financial crisis, which has affected both home and host countries, has affected the flow of remittances.

    This event, presented by the USAID Microenterprise Development Office, will take place from 4:00 to 5:00 PM (Eastern US Time) at the offices of QED Group LLC, 1250 Eye St NW, Washington, DC 20005.

    Tuesday, March 31, 2009

    PRESS RELEASE: Vietnam: Poverty Scorecard Used by Microfinance Field Workers to More Efficiently Rate Household Poverty Levels

    Source: Microfinance.com
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    Monday, March 30, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Grameen Foundation Receives $4.7M Funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    Source: Grameen Foundation 
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    Friday, March 27, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: “Cautious Resilience” Study Released on the Impact of Financial Crisis on Microfinance in Latin America

    Source: Microrate
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    Friday, March 27, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Microfinance Information Exchange Releases Social Perfomance Indicators

    Source: Microfinance Gateway
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    Wednesday, March 25, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Mexico: Microfinance Industries Undergoing Major Changes

    Source: The Wall Street Journal

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    Wednesday, March 25, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: KIVA to begin Micro-lending in the U.S.

    Source: Yahoo Finance.
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    Wednesday, March 25, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Nigeria: Costs of Funds and Interest Rates Affect Microfinance Institutions

    Source: Business Day 
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    Wednesday, March 25, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: International Steering Committee Endorses Six Microfinance Principles of Protection

    Source: ACCION International.
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    Tuesday, March 24, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Overview of Microfinance Apexes/Local Wholesale Facilities

    Source: CGAP.
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    Tuesday, March 24, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: India: Microfinance Sector Activity Hushed

    Source: Financial Times.
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    Tuesday, March 24, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Microfinance Institutions Scrutinized as Potential “Subprime” Borrowers

    Source: The Economist. 
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    Tuesday, March 24, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Nigeria: Gombe Agency Raises N1B to Establish Microfinance Bank

    Source: The Guardian.
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    Monday, March 23, 2009

    PRESS RELEASE: New Research Reveals Best Paths for Success as Microfinance Sector Grows

    Source: Financial Access.
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    Friday, March 20, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Ethiopia: USAID, CARE Launch Program to Improve Microfinance

    Source: Nazret.com. Continue Reading »

    Friday, March 20, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Ghana: Commerical Banks Venturing into the Microfinance Market

    Source: Ghana Business News. Continue Reading »

    Thursday, March 19, 2009

    NEWS WIRE: Cambodia’s Microfinance Association Forecasts Vast Employment Slowdowns

    Source: The Phnom Penh Post. Continue Reading »