THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Event Name: Developing Inclusive Financial Systems: The CGAP Course for Funders of Microfinance, “How Can Funders Support Microfinance Effectively?”
Event Date: April 22 – April 29, 2011
Event Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
A new Focus Note from CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) examines the “global regulation of the use of banking agents by microfinance institutions (MFIs) and the issues regulators face in censoring the safe and scalable use of agents [1].”
By Sanjay Sinha and Swetan Sagar; published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Working Group on Microinsurance; January 2009; 127 pages; available at http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/file/8_India_Impact_RSP_2009.pdf
The CGAP Microfinance Blog, which is operated by US-based think tank CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), is featuring a series on Islamic microfinance that profiles the winner and finalists of the Islamic Microfinance Challenge and others in an effort to engage with the broader microfinance and Islamic finance communities to find new ways to support the Islamic microfinance sector. The Islamic Microfinance Series can be found at http://microfinance.cgap.org/category/blog-series/islamic-microfinance-series/
CGAP, an independent policy and research center that is housed at the office of the World Bank Group, recently executed a soft launch of the Branchless Banking Database, which offers information on branchless banking services in 168 countries.
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), an independent policy and research center housed at the World Bank, recently launched a series of entries on its microfinance blog to facilitate discussions on over-indebtedness. The series aims to offer weekly articles posted by experts involved in research and practice.
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), an independent policy and research center that is housed at the World Bank Group, recently drafted a technical guide entitled “Advancing Savings Services: Resource Guide for Funders” that is intended to help donors and investors understand savings mobilization as it relates to microfinance.
By Glenn D Westley and Xavier Martin Palomas, published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) as Occasional Paper 18, September 2010, 23 pages, available at: http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.9.47356/
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) has issued a call for participation in its “Banana Skins” survey which aims to identify the main risks facing the industry over the next two to three years based on the views of practitioners, investors and close observers of microfinance.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in the US, has pledged USD 500 million over the next five years to expand savings and build a “new financial infrastructure” to bring savings services to the poor.
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a policy and research center dedicated to enhancing financial access for the world’s poor, has announced its granting of Transparency Certificates to several microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) that are in compliance with its environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidelines for MIVs.
Microfinance Gateway, a microfinance website provided as a service of CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) featuring research and other publications, industry announcements, news, events and job opportunities in the microfinance sector, has reached 10 years of operation.
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a policy and research center dedicated to providing financial access for the world’s poor, and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), a network of international investors created to promote the practice of responsible investing, have partnered to create the following criteria for measuring the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs)
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), an independent policy and research center dedicated to providing financial access for the world’s poor, has teamed up with the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), a network of international investors created under the auspices of the UN to promote the practice of responsible investing; LuxFLAG, an organization that certifies that microfinance vehicles (MIVs) actually invest in the microfinance sector; and the European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif), a pan-European network aiming to foster sustainable development through European financial markets, to create the CGAP Microfinance Investment Vehicle (MIV) Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Awards.
By Symbiotics, published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), August 2010, 42 pages, available at:
http://www.cgap.org/gm/document-1.9.47373/CGAP_2010_MIV_Survey_Report.pd…
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) has recently published its fourth annual survey of microfinance vehicles (MIVs) offering two levels of analysis: (1) key market trends from 90 microfinance investment intermediaries (MII) and (2) market data, benchmarks and performance analysis of 73 MIVs, a sub-group of the MIIs, organized into six peer groups.
A paper recently published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) discusses how initial public offerings (IPOs) can shape the microfinance industry.
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a Washington-based policy and research center, recently extended the deadline for its 2010 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest to October 11.
Event Name: Developing Inclusive Financial Systems: The CGAP Course for Funders of Microfinance
Event Date: November 8 – November 12, 2010
Event Location: Nairobi, Kenya