Event Name: Inclusive Financial Services Stakeholders Conference
Event Date: October 3 – October 4, 2011
Event Location: Erbil, Iraq
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Cost: Free
Summary of Event:
This event will be held by the USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program in collaboration with twelve microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Iraq. The theme of the conference is “Transforming Inclusive Financial Services for Increasing Outreach”. The event aims to attract Iraqi policy makers and representatives from international rating institutions, donors and commercial banks. Topics of discussion are to include institutional reform, transparency, governance and how to better serve vulnerable groups such as youth and women while developing new, demand-driven products and alternative forms of collateral. Strategic business planning and the development of a credit bureau also will be covered.
Background on Organizer:
The USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program is a five-year initiative to promote private-sector growth and employment in Iraq. The program is funded by US Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID offers a suite of resources aimed at improving the outcomes of microenterprise development research and practice at http://microlinks.kdid.org/.
Event Website: http://imfi.org/en/node/25438
For additional information, you may e-mail mfconference2011@tijara-iraq.com, call +1 202 684 7473, extension 105
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By Ashim Kar, Research Associate
Sources and Additional Resources:
“Iraqi Microfinance Conference in Erbil to Discuss Expansion, Greater Outreach to Poor”, https://tijara-iraq.com/?pname=open&f=&id=2038&type=html
MicroCapital.org story, November 12, 2010, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: USAID-Tijara to Hold Inclusive Financial Services Stakeholders’ Conference 2010 in Erbil, Iraq, November 28-30, 2010”, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-usaid-tijara-to-hold-inclusive-financial-services-stakeholders-conference-2010-in-erbil-iraq-november-28-30-2010/
MicroCapital Universe profile, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=United+States+Agency+for+International+Development+%28USAID%29
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