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Blog relocated to www.developmentoutlook.org 18 Jun 2013 | 05:40 pm
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Financial Inclusion Conference 2012 - Summary of Day Two 9 Aug 2012 | 03:48 pm
“The Seven Steps to Save the Soul of Microfinance” Mr Larry Reed, Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign started the first session of the day by re-emphasizing the need to view Microfinance as a pover...
Financial Inclusion Conference 2012 - Summary of Day One 8 Aug 2012 | 02:48 pm
The tenth edition of the Financial Inclusion Conference, jointly organised by Sa-Dhan and FICCI opened today in New Delhi. Welcoming the participants, Mr Mathew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan said...
Microfinance and Inclusive Growth: What are the measures of Success or learning? 8 Aug 2012 | 11:55 am
This post is the detailed description of session one of the Financial Inclusion 2012 Conference. The aim of this session was to lay out the distinct features of microfinance that have a positive impac...
Eye in the Sky - Role of Government - Intervene, Interrupt or Supervise? 3 Aug 2012 | 07:01 pm
A day ago, I came across this headline, "Bangladesh government prepares to take control of Grameen Bank" from David Roodman's tweet feed and I also read the article, "Cabinet okays amendment to Gramee...
Digital Data Collection Vs. Data Collection on Paper 10 Jul 2012 | 06:37 pm
While digital data collection is a significant departure from the usual paper and pen data collection method, there are both advantages and disadvantages to each data collection method. However, digi...
News Summary: MFIs still struggling to get funds..! 10 Jul 2012 | 06:36 pm
Microfinance news summary (June 15- June 30) According to the first edition of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)’s quarterly report, MFIs located outside Andhra Pradesh (AP) has shown growth d...
Introducing CMF's Thematic Factsheets 3 Jul 2012 | 06:17 pm
Over the past seven years, the Centre for Microfinance (CMF) has conducted and implemented several impact evaluation studies, mostly using randomized controlled trials. A new series of factsheets by C...
Is microfinance responsible for everything? 3 Jul 2012 | 06:16 pm
"Profiteers have hijacked the microfinance".. that is what a new book written by Hugh Sinclair alleges. I am not denying that many from this industry are making profit. However, time and again, i am t...
Where do Interventions Come From? 3 Jul 2012 | 06:14 pm
I came across a reference to a paper that was written in the 1800s (in Dublin), where the researcher attempted to help the poor in his neighborhood by employing them in spinning linen-yarn. He ref.....
