From MicroCapital.org: Advanced Reflective Education and Training (ART) on Community based Development Finance, December 1-12, 2009, in Tamilnadu, India, presented by the Social Tata-Dhan Academy and sponsored by the DHAN Foundation. Summary of Event: Tata-Dhan Academy is hosting its seventh international course for staff of microfinance organizations, banks, capacity-building organizations, NGOs, government organizations and funding [...]

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In the first of the two-part analysis of CSIM’s Workshop on Empowering the underprivileged through Innovations, I analyzed the pre-lunch session of  presentations –  Harsh Bhargava, professor from ICFAI Business School, on Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, Karuna Gopal, president of Foundation for Future Cities, on scope for innovation for urban poor, and A. Ravishankar, Center for good [...]

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Details can be found below, and was sent by IPEG email listserv: THE CENTRE: The microfinance revolution has provided micro-entrepreneurs access to finance to start their businesses. But what will allow them to become bigger and better businesses? While large private banks would like to lend to this market, they do not know how to [...]

  What: 3rd Asian Conference on Microinsurance This year’s theme is ‘Microinsurance as an Attractive Growth Strategy in the Changing Economic Landscape’. This will focus on how Asia has embraced microinsurance and how various markets are using microinsurance. The program will include topics on policy reforms, key challenges, and how to support microinsurance in the current [...]

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What: CGAP webinar on MIS for Microfinance Summary of Event: The results of a recent survey on Microfinance Information Systems (MIS) will be discussed with the opportunity for questions during the webinar. This will be via a webcast online at www.cgap.org RSVP to and put ‘webinar’ in the subject line When: Wednesday, June 3, [...]

Back in September of 2008, I wrote a piece titled on On Bailouts, Boons and Bill Clinton that attempted to explain how the onset of the credit crisis will affect the microfinance industry and as a result restrict the poor from access to financial products. Eight months later, we have an opportunity to look to [...]

I have attended the first workshop conducted by the students of CSIM Hyderabad under the title “Empowering the underprivileged through innovations” that was previewed in my earlier post. The workshop’s purpose is to ..”Develop” the social consciousness among people, which can “Inform” those in need of answers and which can “Empower” those in need of support for [...]