NEWS WIRE: Nigeria: High Microfinance Interest Rates Cause Loan Defaults

PRESS RELEASE: China: Alibaba Gives $5m to New Microfinance Institution Grameen China

NEWS WIRE: United States: Time Magazine Asks Why Poor People Decline Insurance

NEWS WIRE: Kyrgyz Republic: Development Fund Looks to Attract Funding for Microcredit

PRESS RELEASE: Microfinance Information Exchange Seeks Contributions for MicroBanking Bulletin

PRESS RELEASE: Microfinance Information Exchange Adds Features to MIX Market: Customizable Reports, Aggregated Data by Country

NEWS WIRE: United States: Pro Mujer Combines Cancer Screenings with Microfinance

PRESS RELEASE: United States: Exxon Mobil, Goldman Sachs, Pro Mujer, Women for Women Commit to Giving Microfinance, Business Training to Women at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

PRESS RELEASE: United States: President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton Open Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, Which Will Include Focus on “Financing an Equitable Future”

PRESS RELEASE: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Approves $250m for Citi Program Offering Local Currency Loans to Microfinance Institutions Worldwide

NEWS WIRE: United Kingdom: Disagreement Over €100m European Union Microfinance Fund

NEWS WIRE: South Korea: Government to Create $248m Domestic Microfinance Fund

NEWS WIRE: United States: Boston Globe Reports “It Looks Like ‘Microlending’ Doesn’t Actually Do Much to Fight Poverty”

NEWS WIRE: Nigeria: Crackdown on Microfinance Institutions Begins

NEWS WIRE: United States: Time Magazine Publishes Answers to Ten Questions by Muhammad Yunus

NEWS WIRE: Rwanda: Central Bank Explains 30% Liquidity Ratio, Other New Requirements to Microfinance Institutions

NEWS WIRE: United States: Gates Foundation Funds “Alliance for Financial Inclusion,” GTZ to Manage $35m Grant

NEWS WIRE: Uganda: Police Close Three Microfinance Institutions