ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND THE SUCCESS OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the success of microfinance institutions and the degree...countries. Many microfinance institutions are currently...sustainability of the microfinance institutions is analyzed here...

African microfinance institutions to meet in Kampala

Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2002 ;     145 words ...African microfinance institutions to meet in Kampala...representing leading microfinance institutions will meet in Kampala...of cooperatives and microfinance institutions in rural and agricultural...

DSWD LONE LENDER WITH SUBSIDY-TEVES

The Manila Times;  October 5, 2006 ;     401 words ......programs offered by banks and microfinance institutions, according to the Department...because the reach of existing microfinance institutions is only about a third of the...have not been served by existing microfinance institutions," Finance Secretary Margarito...

Microfinance and Rural Development: A Long-Term Perspective

Journal of Microfinance;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......second, the performance of microfinance institutions measured via two objectives...between rural households and microfinance institutions, and expansion to include more...enforcement problems that rural microfinance institutions face. Presently we see a sort...

NGO: Microfinance key to future.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand);  March 22, 2006 ;     486 words ......globally from 12 million in 1998. Microfinance institutions traditionally help small-time...available for worldwide development. Microfinance institutions should encourage donors to give...assistance, funding and ratings for microfinance institutions in 60 countries. It plans to...

Time to take the credit; Microfinance.

The Economist (US);  March 17, 2007 ;     670 words ......support the same, small group of microfinance institutions that cater to the most creditworthy...means there are now some 10,000 microfinance institutions lending an average of less than...as on the next generation of microfinance institutions. Subsidies are often needed to...

Tackling the failure of microfinance efforts through amaalgamating...

Australasian Accounting Business & Finance Journal;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......approach as to the sustainability of microfinance institutions, changed the overall scenario...subsidized financial services to microfinance institutions (MFIs) for their life time, the...artisans, and small-scale producers. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) serve as intermediaries...

FINANCIAL MARKETS : JASMINE INITIATIVE TO BUILD UP MICROCREDIT IN EU.

European Report;  September 11, 2008 ;     527 words ......JASMINE (Joint Action to Support Microfinance Institutions in Europe) was launched on 10...provide technical assistance to microfinance institutions (MFI), helping them to serve...member states, regions, banks and microfinance institutions. - on the other, it will finance...

ADB invests in private equity fund.(Business)

Manila Bulletin;  June 18, 2004 ;     338 words ......equity fund to support regulated microfinance institutions and small business banks in poor...commercialized and regulated microfinance institutions and small banks could help to...private sector investment targeting microfinance institutions, which tend to be informal and...

Middle East & Africa: Microfinance - Microfinanciers Overtake Their...

The Banker;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......15%. Worldwide, these leading microfinance institutions are nearly twice as profitable...commercial bank portfolios, and the microfinance institutions remained more profitable. It...services via text messaging. Microfinance institutions in Africa are linking into national...

Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial Services...

ASEAN Economic Bulletin;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial...oversee deposit-taking microfinance institutions. They (a) chronicle...basis from regular microfinance institutions. As an MFI, the Bank...

Tax microfinance?(Voice from the South)

Manila Bulletin;  January 18, 2008 ;     629 words ......on to praise microfinance institutions in its very...the role of microfinance institutions in its poverty...you commend microfinance institutions in its poverty...

Conference Call: Microfinance groups could use a hand, study finds.(News)

Investment News;  April 26, 2004 ;     600 words ......governance policies at the 21 microfinance institutions it evaluated in the study. During...Maria Otera, said that most microfinance institutions are in countries that provide...more developed shareholder-owned microfinance institutions in the world. Those 92 institutions...

Citigroup and Women's World Banking to Deliver Workshop on Financial Risk...

AScribe Business & Economics News Service;  March 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......partner with the Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda (AMFIU) to deliver...financial risk management for microfinance institutions (MFIs). The workshop - the first...strategies are essential for microfinance institutions striving to attract capital...

The Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance for the Poor. (Books...

American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......practitioners, and policymakers about the microfinance institutions serving the poor in the developing...emphasizes commercial viability of the microfinance institutions. The principal propositions advocated...the economically active poor; microfinance institutions should provide not ...