Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), the US-based nonprofit data provider, recently announced that it has integrated information on the software providers used by microfinance institutions (MFIs) into its MIX Market online database.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Freedom from Hunger Staff Co-author “Integrating microfinance and health strategies: examining the evidence to inform policy and practice”
The latest edition of Health Policy and Planning, which is published by the Oxford Journals division of Oxford University Press, includes a paper that examines the benefits of integrating microfinance with health protection services and makes recommendations intended to inform policy and program design for expansion of the practice. The paper can be found at http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/02/21/heapol.czr014.abstract
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: PlaNet Finance, Freie Universitat Berlin Invite Students to Apply for University Meets Microfinance (UMM) Scholarship Programme
PlaNet Finance, a French nonprofit, is inviting students to submit applications for the University Meets Microfinance (UMM) Scholarship Programme.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: PlaNet Finance, Oliver Wyman Publish Report on Mobile Technology Providing Access to Finance Beyond Simple Payments
PlaNet Finance, a France-based non-governmental organization (NGO) with the mission of developing microfinance, and Oliver Wyman, a US-based management consulting company, have published a joint report exploring the ability of mobile technology to provide access to a wide range of financial products beyond simple mobile payments. Sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a US-based private foundation, the report examines distribution strategies and “second-generation” mobile microfinance products piloted in West Africa and Southeast Asia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Confirms Launch of New Fee-Based Features in Mid-2011
The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), the US–based nonprofit data provider, recently announced that it will launch new features on a fee basis in mid-2011. MIX previously announced the launch of a pilot effort to allow the public to test -drive the fee-based features, as was covered by MicroCapital.org in June 2010 [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Dr Muhammad Yunus Appeals Bangladesh High Court Decision Upholding His Removal as Managing Director of Microfinance Institution (MFI) Grameen Bank
Grameen Bank Founder and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr Muhammad Yunus has appealed against the Bangladesh High Court’s recent ruling in favor of an attempt by the Bangladesh Bank (BB), the central bank of Bangladesh, to remove Dr Yunus from his position as managing director of Grameen Bank. [1] [2]. The Grameen Bank is a Bangladeshi microfinance institution (MFI) that manages total assets of USD 1.4 billion.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Peruvian Microfinance Institution (MFI) Prisma is First Fully Certified User of Grameen Foundation’s Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI)
Grameen Foundation, a US-based nonprofit, has announced that “Asociacion Benefica Prisma”, a Peru-based microfinance institution (MFI), has become the first fully certified user of the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Releases Benchmarking Reports on West Africa and Arab Region
Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), a nonprofit, US-based data provider, recently released its “2010 WAEMU – Microfinance Analysis & Benchmarking Report “ and “2010 Arab Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report”.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Analyzes Profitability of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)
Data collected by Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), the US-based nonprofit data provider, contradicts the idea that the commercialization of microfinance is increasing the vulnerability of low-income households [1] [2].
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Fourth Annual Convergences 2015 – Working Towards the Millennium Development Goals, Paris, France, May 3-5, 2011
Event Name: Fourth Annual Convergences 2015 – Working Towards the Millennium Development Goals
Event Date: May 3 – May 5, 2011
Event Location: City Hall, Paris, France
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MFTransparency, Rural Bankers Association, Microfinance Council of the Philippines to Launch Transparent Pricing Initiative
MFTransparency, a US-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) that aims to provide information on credit products and pricing, is expanding its Transparent Pricing Initiative to the Philippines in partnership with Microfinance Council of the Philippines, a trade association of microfinance organizations in the Philippines, and Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP), a Philippines-based organization founded in 1955 to promote the rural banking industry [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microinsurance Innovation Facility (MIF) of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Accepting Applications for Fellowship Until March 31, 2011
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility (MIF), an initiative of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Social Finance Program, recently announced six new openings in its fellowship program. The fellowships aim to increase the number of qualified microinsurance professionals by providing mainstream insurance professionals with an opportunity to apply their expertise in microinsurance. The application deadline for the fellowship is March 31, 2011.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Updates Review of Yunus’s Classification of Interest Rates, Argues Against Interest Rate Caps
The US-based nonprofit data provider Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) recently published an updated review of the methodology for categorizing microcredit interest rates proposed by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in his book “Creating a World Without Poverty”. The review, which uses 2009 data from approximately 1,020 microfinance institutions (MFIs) covering approximately 88 million borrowers, updates the findings of the previous review presented by MIX that uses 2008 data.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: C5 Hosts Sixth Annual Microfinance Investment Summit, Geneva, Switzerland, July 5 – 8, 2011
Event Name: Sixth Annual Microfinance Investment Summit
Event Date: July 5 – July 8, 2011
Event Location: Geneva, Switzerland
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Symphony Global Hosts Mobile Payments & NFC (Near Field Communications) Asia 2011, Hong Kong, July 13 to 14
Event Name: Mobile Payments & NFC (Near Field Communications) Asia 2011
Event Date: July 13 – July 14, 2011, with a post-conference workshop on July 15, 2011
Event Location: Eaton Smart Hotel, Hong Kong
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microcredit Summit Campaign Releases State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2011, Reports 128m Poor People Received Microfinance Loans in 2009
The Microcredit Summit Campaign, a project that was launched in 1997 by US-based nonprofit advocacy group RESULTS Educational Fund (REF), recently released the State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2011, a plenary account of the recent trends, challenges and achievements in the microfinance industry, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The report indicated that 128 million poor people received microloans in 2009, more than was recorded in any of the organization’s previous reports. In 1997, 7.6 million were estimated to have received microloans.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI) Releases Report “Charting the Course: Best Practices and Tools for Voluntary Debt Restructuring in Microfinance”
The International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI), a US-based NGO, recently released a report, “Charting the Course: Best Practices and Tools for Voluntary Debt Restructuring in Microfinance”, that aims to develop guidelines for debt restructuring for microfinance institutions (MFIs).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Eases Access to Social Performance Data of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), Announces 11 Social Performance Indicators in Conjunction With Social Performance Task Force (SPTF)
The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), the US-based provider of data relating to microfinance, now offers social performance data on microfinance institutions (MFIs) directly from each MFI profile on mixmarket.org.