Event Name: Microfinance Does Work
Event Date: March 12, 2014
Event Location: The Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
Cost: This event is free. Incofin asks attendees to register via the event website.
Summary of Event: The event will feature representatives from the microfinance industry to debate its effectiveness in alleviating poverty in the developing world. The event will begin with presentations from Mr Tanmay Chetan, chairman of Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI) Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea (AMK), and Ms Dina Pons, East Asia Regional Director and Social Performance Manager at Incofin. Following the presentations there will be a debate on the ability of microfinance to reduce poverty, which will feature Mr Marc Labie, Professor at University of Mons in Belgium; Mr Kurt Moors, program coordinator for the MFI Belgian Raiffeisen Foundation (BRS); and Ms Emmanuelle Javoy, former managing director of Planet Rating.
Background on Organizer: Incofin Investment Management is a private Belgian company that develops and manages funds that invest in MFIs in developing countries. Incofin finances and supports MFIs in approximately 40 countries and has offices in Belgium, Columbia, Kenya and Cambodia in addition to an advisory team in India.
Event Website for Microfinance Does Work: https://www.incofin.com/en/news/debate-microfinance-does-work-11-february-2014-kaaitheater-brussels
For additional information you may contact the organizers via email at michiel.sallaets[at]incofin.com or via telephone at +32 3 829 25 66
By Meraj Husain, Research Associate
Sources and Additional Resources
Incofin Investment Management, “Microfinance Does Work,”
https://www.incofin.com/en/news/debate-microfinance-does-work-11-february-2014-kaaitheater-brussels
MicroCapital, December 26, 2013, “Incofin Investment Management Seeks to Raise $200m for “agRIF” Fund for Small-Scale Agriculture,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-incofin-investment-management-seeking-to-raise-200m-for-agrif-fund-for-small-scale-agriculture/
MicroCapital, August 11, 2013, “Belgium’s Incofin Investment Management, Amsterdam’s Agora Microfinance Collect Equity Stakes in Cambodia’s Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-belgiums-incofin-investment-management-amsterdams-agora-microfinance-collect-equity-stakes-in-cambodias-angkor-mikroheranhvatho-kampuchea/
MicroCapital, March 11, 2013, “Incofin’s Rural Impuse Fund II, Norwegian Microfinance Initiative (NMI) Frontier Fund, Invest $4.5m in Fusion Microfinance in India,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-incofins-rural-impulse-fund-ii-norwegian-microfinance-initiative-nmi-frontier-fund-invest-4-5m-in-fusion-microfinance-of-india/
MicroCapital Universe Profile: Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Angkor+Mikroheranhvatho+Kampuchea+%28AMK%29
MicroCapital Universe Profile: Planet Rating https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Planet+Rating
MicroCapital Universe Profile: Incofin Investment Management https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Incofin+Investment+Management+%28Incofin+IM%29
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