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

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Cost: Free

Summary of Event:

This virtual conference will provide a platform to discuss thoughts and experiences around multiple borrowing and avoiding over-indebtedness. Moderators will be facilitating online discussions on various topics, including causes of multiple borrowing and over-indebtedness, mitigation strategies of lending institutions, how funding and training institutions are addressing these challenges and client protection in the context of multiple borrowing and over-indebtedness.

Background on Organizers:

CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) is a US-based nonprofit policy and research center dedicated to providing financial access to poor people worldwide. CGAP is supported by approximately 30 development agencies and private foundations. Its mission is to provide market intelligence, to promote standards and to offer advisory services to governments, microfinance providers, donors and investors. CGAP reports taking in USD 20.9 million in total revenue for fiscal year 2010.

Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) is an Indian nonprofit organization whose mission is to facilitate universal access to financial services in rural India. Established in 1970, IFMR focuses on the following areas: academic programs, research, executive training and consulting. Its affiliated research centers include: Centre for Micro Finance (CMF), Centre for Development Finance (CDF), Small Enterprise Finance Centre (SEFC), Centre for Insurance & Risk Management (CIRM), Center for Advanced Financial Studies (CAFS), Centre for Innovative Financial Design (CIFD) and Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

Established in Uganda with United Nations funding in 1998, MicroSave is a for-profit technical assistance, training and resource center that relocated its headquarters to Lucknow, India, in 2006 with support from India’s ICICI Bank. In 2008, MicroSave was transformed into a consulting company, which has since completed projects in Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Event Website: http://virtualconference.cgap.org/

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Sources and Additional Resources:

http://virtualconference.cgap.org/

MicroCapital.org article, September 6, 2010, “MICROCAPITAL EVENT: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Hosts Virtual Conference on Microfinance and Mobile Banking, September 8 and 9,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-event-cgap-consultative-group-to-assist-the-poor-hosts-virtual-conference-on-microfinance-and-mobile-banking-september-8-and-9/

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