MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SME Finance Forum Launches New Website

The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Finance Forum, a platform of the G-20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) that is managed by the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), recently launched a new website. The site contains approximately 200 resources including data, research and tools regarding SME finance. The website is available at http://smefinanceforum.org.

SME Finance Forum provides data and research on what it deems best practices in SME finance and seeks to facilitate “knowledge-sharing and collaboration” among financial institutions, development agencies, policy makers and researchers.

By Nicole Boyd, Research Associate

About SME Finance Forum
Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Finance Forum is a platform of the G-20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) that is managed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the US-based World Bank Group. The forum provides data and research on what it deems best practices in SME finance and seeks to facilitate “knowledge-sharing and collaboration” among financial institutions, development agencies, policy makers and researchers.

About International Finance Corporation (IFC)
A member of the US-based World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) offers loans, equity investments, advisory services and technical assistance to private companies with the intent of alleviating poverty and promoting open and competitive markets in developing countries. As of 2012, IFC reported total assets of USD 75.7 billion.

About Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)
Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) is a group intended to carry forward work on financial inclusion, including implementation of the Financial Inclusion Action Plan endorsed at the G20 Summit in South Korea in 2010. GPFI implementing partners include Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank. The G20 is a group of large economies including the EU and 19 countries.

Sources and Additional Resources:

Microfinance Gateway. “SME Finance Forum Launches New Site,” http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.18209/

MicroCapital. September 27, 2012, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Multilateral Investment Fund, Global Partnerships to Establish $1m Health Project in Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-multilateral-investment-fund-global-partnerships-to-establish-1m-health-project-in-ecuador-haiti-honduras-nicaragua/

MicroCapital. June 7, 2011, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: G20 SME (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise) Finance Online Consultations Being Held Through June 17, 2011,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-g20-sme-small-and-medium-sized-enterprise-finance-online-consultations-being-held-through-june-17-2011-2/

MicroCapital Universe Profile: SME Finance Forum https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=SME+Finance+Forum

MicroCapital Universe Profile: International Finance Corporation (IFC) https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=International+Finance+Corporation+%28IFC%29

MicroCapital Universe Profile: Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Global+Partnership+for+Financial+Inclusion+(GPFI)

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