MICROFINANCE EVENT: Hanson Wade Hosts “MicroInsurance Summit LATAM 2012” in Miami, Florida, USA, March 26- March 29, 2012

Event Name: MicroInsurance Summit LATAM 2012

Event Date: March 26 to March 29, 2012

Event Location: Miami Beach Resort, 4833 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: PlaNet Finance Seeking Researcher for Short-Term Study on Microfinance and Women in West Africa

PlaNet Finance, a France-based nonprofit that works to alleviate poverty through microfinance, has released a call for expressions of interest from researchers to conduct a study on microfinance and women in West Africa [1].

MICROFINANCE EVENT: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Hosts Virtual Conference “Understanding Multiple Borrowing and Avoiding Over-indebtedness Among Clients,” January 12 and 13, 2012

Event Name: Understanding Multiple Borrowing and Avoiding Over-indebtedness Among Clients

Event Date: January 12 – 13, 2012

Event Location: Online

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia, November 28 – 29, 2011

Event Name: Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2011: Empowering the Disadvantaged: Inclusive and Innovative Approaches to Financial Capability

Event Date: November 28 – November 29, 2011

Event Location: Hotel Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Second National Islamic Microfinance Conference, Lahore, Pakistan, February 4 – 6, 2012 DATES NOT CONFIRMED

Event Name: Second National Islamic Microfinance Conference 2012

Event Date: February 4 – February 6, 2012 DATES NOT CONFIRMED

Event Location: Lahore, Pakistan

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Fourth International Research Workshop on Microfinance Management and Governance, Audencia Nantes School of Management, Nantes, France, November 24 – 25, 2011

Event Name: Fourth International Research Workshop on Microfinance Management and Governance 2011

Event Date: November 24 – November 25, 2011

Event Location: Audencia Nantes School of Management, Nantes, France

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microcredit Summit Campaign Report: 137 Million People Received Microloans in 2010

According to the State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2012 released by the US-based Microcredit Summit Campaign, 137 million of the world’s poorest families received a microloan in 2010.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network Appoints Sharon D’Onofrio as Executive Director

The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network, a nonprofit association of approximately 120 international microenterprise support organizations, has announced the appointment of Sharon D’Onofrio as its new executive director.

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Accounting and Microfinance Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, December 2, 2011

Event Name: Accounting & Microfinance Conference: Microfinance is Evolving is Accounting Keeping Up?

Event Date: December 2, 2011, 8.30am – 4.00pm Eastern US Time

Event Location: Grandover Resort, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

MICROFINANCE EVENT: African Mobile Money Research Conference (AMMREC), Nairobi, Kenya, April 2-3, 2012, Papers Solicited for Special Issues of International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (IJCIR) and African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID)

Event Name: African Mobile Money Research Conference (AMMREC): Evidence of Financial Inclusion through Mobile Technology

Event Date: April 2 – April 3, 2012

Event Location: Nairobi, Kenya

MICROFINANCE EVENT: The Business Viability of Microinsurance, Webinar, November 24, 2011, Organized by the Microinsurance Innovation Facility of the United Nations’ International Labour Organization

Event Name: The Business Viability of Microinsurance

Event Date: November 24, 2011, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Central European Time (GMT +1 hour)

Event Location: Online

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Papers, Panel Proposals Solicited for 2012 Research Conference on Microinsurance, Enschede, the Netherlands, April 11 – 13, 2012

Event Name: 2012 Research Conference on Microinsurance

Event Date: April 11 – April 13, 2012

Event Location: Enschede, the Netherlands

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s Global Policy Forum Concludes with Signing of Maya Declaration on Financial Inclusion

The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), a Thailand-based network of policymakers that works towards increasing access to financial services for poor people, concluded its Global Policy Forum in Mexico recently with representatives of central banks and financial regulators from developing countries signing the Maya Declaration on Financial Inclusion [1].