SPECIAL REPORT: Online Event; COVID-19 Surveys: Better Understanding the Impact on MFIs and Their Clients to Better Act; June 9, 2021

Two Midi de la Microfinance Luxembourg-based NGOs, ADA Microfinance and Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, along with Belgium-based Inpulse Investment Manager will present their analysis of the responses to five surveys they have conducted since 2020 regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting microfinance institutions (MFIs). This event, part of the Midi de la Microfinance series, will offer “lessons learned” from the surveys, with the goal of helping MFIs improve the ways they prepare for and react to crises. Among the speakers will be Jacques Afetor, Director of Togo-based MFI Assilassimé, and Eric Campos, Managing Director of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation.

This event, for which you may register at no charge, will be held on June 9, 2021, at noon, central European summer time. The presenters will speak in French, with simultaneous translation to English available.

By Bradley Shulman, Research Associate Learning from COVID-19