MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “Audiovisual Mass Media Campaigns for Insurance Education: Stages and Lessons;” by Sarah Bel, Mariana Pinzon Caicedo; published by Microinsurance Innovation Facility, International Labour Organization
By Sarah Bel and Mariana Pinzon Caicedo; published by the Microinsurance Innovation Facility and the International Labour Organization; 2013; 55 pages; available at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/mifacility/download/mpaper21.pdf This paper presents an analysis of the potential role of mass media campaigns in allowing microinsurance sellers to provide cost-efficient programs offering information about insurance products and services to low-income households. [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution, is reviewing a proposal to guarantee loans of EUR 500 million (USD 664 million) to be disbursed by Vnesheconombank (VEB), a development bank owned by the government of Russia, to provide funding for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) through partner banks. [...]
Members of the Jamaica Micro Financing Association (JaMFA), a committee of eight microfinance institutions formed in 2008, reportedly have had their access to relatively cheap wholesale funds from the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), a state-owned bank, blocked due to delays in the Ministry of Finance in renewing their exemptions from the Money Lending Act, [...]
By Dr Priyanka Jayashankar, Microfinance Focus, May 30, 2013: (Asad Mahmood, the Managing Director of Global Social Investment Funds at Deutsche Bank, discussed Deutsche bank’s initiatives to promote microfinance and social entrepreneurship to Microfinance Focus on the sidelines of the 9th Annual Zell Center Chicago Microfinance Conference) Asad Mahmood straddles two worlds: one which is [...]
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Microfinance Focus, May 29, 2013: The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), a network of over 135 organizations and individuals active in the area of microfinance in Europe has announced the date of European Microfinance Week for the current year. European Microfinance Week, an annual conference organized by e-MFP will take place in the Abbaye de Neumünster, [...]
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Microfinance Focus, May 21, 2013: Practitioners and academics brought to light a wide range of issues concerning the microfinance sector on The 9th Annual Zell Center Chicago Microfinance Conference on May 3, 2013. The Chicago Booth School of Business, Kellogg School of Management and Harris School of Public Policy have organised the conference, which is [...]
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Representantes de las entidades de finanzas populares remarcan la importancia que el sector ha jugado en el proceso de inclusión financiera y buscan mayor apoyo...
Continúa abierto el período para registrarse en el Máster Internacional en Microfinanzas de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), curso académico 2013/2014...
La industria de las microfinanzas en Bolivia registró ganancias del orden de los US$ 62 millones algo más baja que la cifra lograda en la gestión 2011...
Deux questions cruciales concernant l'inclusion financière des jeunes ont été abordées au cours du Sommet annuel du ‘Child and Youth Finance International en Turquie (du 7 au 9 Mai 2013).
Innovation, autonomie, impact : 3 défis que 3 directeurs d’institutions de microfinance d’Amérique Centrale, d’Afrique de l’Ouest et d’Asie du Sud-Est évoqueront durant 5 minutes à travers leur expérience.
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La Conférence internationale des donateurs « Ensemble pour le renouveau du Mali », coprésidée par l’Union européenne et la France, a réuni le 15 mai à Bruxelles des promesses de dons qui ont dépassé toutes les espérances. Les bailleurs de fonds se sont engagés à investir 3,25 milliards d’euros pour soutenir le Plan pour la Relance Durable du Mali 2013-2014 (PRED).
La 6ème rencontre entre les Commissions européenne et de l’UA a été l’occasion de dresser le bilan à ce jour des réalisations du Partenariat et de lancer la réflexion sur son avenir, en préparation du 4ème Sommet Afrique-UE qui se tiendra en avril 2014 à Bruxelles.
The sixth meeting between the European Union Commission and the African Union Commission was the opportunity to set out the state of play on what the partnership has achieved to date and to launch a period of reflection on its future to prepare the 4th EU-Africa Summit, which will take place in Brussels in April 2014.
