Event Name: Ninth Microfinance India Summit 2012
Event Date: November 27- November 28, 2012
Category: Trends/Challenges
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: At AFI Global Policy Forum, Bangladesh Bank Governor Endorses Financial Inclusion to Boost GDP
Governor Atiur Rahman of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank and industry regulator in Dhaka, has reportedly called for stakeholders in the global finance sector to adopt financial inclusion strategies as a means to enhance gross domestic product (GDP) amidst a weak financial environment [1].
MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Network to Organize 9th Annual Conference on Building Sustainable Microfinance in Europe, November 8-9, 2012, Bucharest, Romania
Event Name: Building Sustainable Microfinance in Europe
Event Date: November 8-9, 2012
Event Location: Bucharest, Romania
MICROFINANCE EVENT: AlHuda Center, Akhuwat Organize Global Islamic Microfinance Forum, Dubai, December 8-10, 2012
Event Name: Global Islamic Microfinance Forum 2012
Event Date: December 8-December 10, 2012
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Sanabel hosts Ninth Annual Conference, Khartoum, Sudan, October 31-November 2, 2012
Event Name: Ninth Annual Conference 2012
Event Date: October 31-November 2, 2012
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Environmental Finance to Organize Conference on Impact Investing, London, October 4, 2012
Event Name: Impact Investing 2012
Event Date: October 4, 2012
Event Location: London, United Kingdom
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Opal Financial Group Offers European Summit on Alternative & Institutional Investing, Monaco, October 1-3, 2012
Event Name: European Alternative & Institutional Investing Summit
Event Date: October 1-3, 2012
Event Location: Le Méridien Beach Plaza, Monte Carlo, Monaco
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Columbia Business School to Organize Conference on Social Enterprise, New York City, October 5, 2012
Event Name: Columbia Business School Social Enterprise Conference 2012
Event Date: October 5, 2012
MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Platform’s Microfinance Week, Luxembourg, November 14-16, 2012, Onsite Reporting to be Provided by MicroCapital
Event Name: European Microfinance Week 2012
Event Date: November 14-16, 2012
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Women’s World Banking to Host 10th Annual Capital Markets Conference, New York City, October 23-24, 2012
Event Name: 10th Annual WWB Capital Markets Conference 2012
Event Date: October 23-24, 2012
MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “Empowerment of Women and Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Microfinance;” by Getaneh Gobezie; published by UN Women
By Getaneh Gobezie; published by UN Women; September 2011; 17 pages; available at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw56/egm/Gobezie-RP-2-EGM-RW-Sep2011.pdf.
MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Microfinance Apexes; Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic; Selling Microinsurance
“A New Look at Microfinance Apexes;” by Sarah Forster, et al; published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor); July 2012; 26 pages; available at: http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.9.58459/
MICROCAPITAL PAPER WRAP-UP: “Youth’s Financial Inclusion Policy Reform Study;” by Yassir Ahmed Hassan Jamie; published by MDG Achievement Fund; Microfinance Unit, Central Bank of Sudan; United Nations Development Programme
By Yassir Ahmed Hassan Jamie, published by MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Achievement Fund; Microfinance Unit, Central Bank of Sudan; United Nations Development Programme, May 2012, 103 pages, available at http://www.microfinancegateway.org/gm/document-1.9.57618/Youth%20Financial%20Inclusion%20Policy%20Reform%20Study%20FINAL.pdf
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Angola’s Sol Bank Releases $148m in Microcredit
According to a statement attributed to the CEO of Sol Bank, Coutinho Nobre Miguel, the Angolan bank has released USD 148 million in microcredit since the start of this year.
MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “Financing Small Enterprises: What Role for Microfinance Institutions?”; by Jasmina Glisovic and Meritxell Martinez; published by CGAP
By Jasmina Glisovic and Meritxell Martinez, published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), July 2012, 12 pages, available at: http://www.cgap.org/gm/document-1.9.58676/FN81.pdf
MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Microfinance Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean; Livestock Insurance in India; Using “Digital Footprints” to Boost Financial Inclusion
“Latin American and the Caribbean Microfinance Market Trends 2006-2011;” by Renso Martinez Ramirez; published by Microfinance Information Exchange; June 2012; 22 pages; available at: http://www.themix.org/publications/mix-microfinance-world/2012/06/latin-american-and-caribbean-microfinance-market-trends-
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Extends Credit Line to Turkey’s Vakiflar Bankasi (Vakifbank) Worth $25m
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution established in 1991, has funded small and medium-scale agribusiness in Turkey with a credit line for Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi (Vakifbank) in Turkish lira (TRL) equivalent to USD 24.7 million.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) of India Proposes Shop Owners be Allowed to Sell Microinsurance
India’s Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) reportedly has proposed in a draft set of Micro Insurance Regulations that propose shop owners should be allowed to sell microinsurance in order to increase the usage of insurance.