Event Name: Ninth Microfinance India Summit 2012
Event Date: November 27- November 28, 2012
Event Name: Ninth Microfinance India Summit 2012
Event Date: November 27- November 28, 2012
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].
Event Name: Building Sustainable Microfinance in Europe
Event Date: November 8-9, 2012
Event Location: Bucharest, Romania
Event Name: Global Islamic Microfinance Forum 2012
Event Date: December 8-December 10, 2012
Event Name: Ninth Annual Conference 2012
Event Date: October 31-November 2, 2012
Event Name: Impact Investing 2012
Event Date: October 4, 2012
Event Location: London, United Kingdom
Event Name: European Alternative & Institutional Investing Summit
Event Date: October 1-3, 2012
Event Location: Le Méridien Beach Plaza, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Event Name: Columbia Business School Social Enterprise Conference 2012
Event Date: October 5, 2012
Event Name: European Microfinance Week 2012
Event Date: November 14-16, 2012
Event Name: 10th Annual WWB Capital Markets Conference 2012
Event Date: October 23-24, 2012
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.
“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/
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
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.
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
“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-
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.
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.