MICROFINANCE EVENT: USAID-Tijara to Hold Inclusive Financial Services Stakeholders’ Conference 2010 in Erbil, Iraq, November 28-30, 2010

Event Name: Inclusive Financial Services Stakeholders’ Conference 2010. “Putting the Poor First: Improving the Regulatory Environment, Industry Infrastructure, and Institutional Performance for Greater Impact”

Event Date: November 28-30, 2010

Event Location: Erbil, Iraq

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Cost: Free

Summary of Event: The Inclusive Financial Services Stakeholders’ Conference will include policy makers, donors, banks, small business development centers (SBDCs) and Iraqi microfinance institutions (MFIs). The conference will cover opportunities and roles of stakeholders in scaling up an inclusive financial sector in Iraq. There will also be panels on mobile banking, as well as on the development of alternative collateral options.

Background on Organizer: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-Tijara is an initiative to promote private sector growth and employment in Iraq by fostering the growth of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). It provides governance consulting, financial services, policy advocacy and technical services.

Event Themes and Topics: The theme of the Conference will be “Putting the Poor First: Improving the Regulatory Environment, Industry Infrastructure and Institutional Performance for Greater Impact”. Topics include state of Iraq’s microfinance industry, new NGO law and regulation, balancing risk and returns and the potential of mobile banking in Iraqi microfinance. A full list of topics and speakers is available at http://www.imfi.org/files/Conference_Agenda_28-30_Nov_2010.pdf

Event Website: http://www.imfi.org/?q=en/node/182

For additional information, you may contact: mfconference2010@tijara-iraq.com

No phone number is listed.

By John Howard-Smith, Research Associate

MicroCapital’s Microfinance Universe profile: USAID-Tijara
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=USA…

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