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Microfinance Gateway Bulletin - 12 December 2012


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news, events, microfinance voices, and latest library additions
 5 Dec - 11 Dec 2012

Welcome

Beyond the Mission Statement: Ensuring Commitment to Social Goals

Our series on the Universal Standards for Social Performance Management continues with Section 2: Ensuring Board, Management, and Employee Commitment to Social Goals. Learn how Banco Compartamos of Mexico and Mi Banco of Peru weave their social goals into the institutional culture.


Photo courtesy of Pro Mujer  2012 CGAP Photo Contest.

Latest in the Library

Portfolio Reviews: Resource Guide for Funders
Gähwiler, B. & Nègre, A.

Can MNOs Lead the Way for Banking the Excluded? (1 of 2)
Chopra, P. & Kapoor, R.

Microfinance Regulation: Lessons from Bolivia, Peru and the Philippines
Vogel, R.

Do Caste and Social Interactions Affect Risk Attitudes and Adoption of Microinsurance? Evidence from Rainfall Insurance Adoption in Gujarat, India
Singh, A., Gaurav, S. & Ranganathan, T.

Information as Power: Implementing Data Analytics at CARD Bank
Griffin, K.D.

Potential for Agricultural Finance in Ukraine
Business & Finance Consulting (BFC)

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Announcements

Request for Proposals: Implementing Successful Agricultural Lending & Financial Services for the Rural Areas (11 Dec 2012)

Call for Resources for SPM Resource Library: Design Products and Services That Meet Client's Needs (10 Dec 2012)

ACCESS Announces Winners of the Microfinance India Awards 2012 (06 Dec 2012)

Call for Expressions of Interest: FSD's Growthcap Project (05 Dec 2012)

International Funding for Microfinance Continues to Grow, Reaches at Least US$25 billion in 2011 (05 Dec 2012)

     

Upcoming Events

Microfinance Insight Forum: Localopment - From Slow Money to Microfinance
13 Dec 2012
Burgundy School of Business (Groupe ESC Dijon-Bourgogne)

Accounting & Microfinance Conference
21 Dec 2012, United States
Blassys Publishing, Inc.

3rd Annual Microinsurance Conference
22 Jan - 24 Jan 2013, South Africa
Institute for International Research 

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Blogs & Opinion

India: "Make micro finance institutions interest rates consistent with repayment capacity: Rangarajan" (11 Dec 2012)

"The rise and fall of microfinance - Lessons from the field" (11 Dec 2012)

"Instilling Client Protection in Moroccan Microfinance" (10 Dec 2012)

"Pioneering microfinance in Myanmar" (10 Dec 2012)

"Is housing microfinance a bottom of pyramid solution?" (07 Dec 2012)

"Straight Talk on Client Protection – The Proper Handling of Contracts" (07 Dec 2012)

"What If Poor People Do Care about Privacy of their Financial Data" (07 Dec 2012)

"Marketing matters: Increasing microinsurance coverage beyond lowering prices" (06 Dec 2012)

Nigeria: "Cost of delivery major challenge to deepening micro insurance" (06 Dec 2012)

"The Bicycle Tire Theory of Microcredit Market Stability" (06 Dec 2012)

"Michaela Walsh on Founding the World's First Women's Microfinance Network" (05 Dec 2012)

"The Savings Conundrum: Lessons from A Pack of Cards" (05 Dec 2012)

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