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Loan Clauses That Bite
A guide to potentially dangerous covenants in common MFI loan agreements
by Marcus Fedder

In these times of worsening economic conditions, MFIs should carefully re-examine their loan documents and analyze the covenants that are frequently built into these loan agreements...
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Microfinance and the Environmental Bottom Line

Growing the green agenda

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Where Did All the Women Go?

The return of the glass ceiling and what WWB is doing to reverse this trend

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Microfinance: The Next Bubble? (01 Jul 2009)
Newsweek

Newsweek correspondent Mac Margolis delves into a new microfinance study, and wonders whether the much-lauded sector is about as efficacious as a subprime CDO...

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Microinsurance Industry Sees Profits from the Poor (29 Jun 2009)
Reuters

Interest in microinsurance has been exploding throughout the world. New projects and proposals are being developed in more and more countries...

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Lending Talent, and Money, on a Micro Scale (29 Jun 2009)
The New York Times

Microbusinesses are more likely to survive if the owners have basic operational skills...

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Announcements

Contributions from the microfinance industry

EU to Create Microfinance Facility for Unemployed (03 Jul 2009)

Microinsurance Innovation Facility Invites Applications for 2nd Round of Grants (02 Jul 2009)

Grameen Foundation, Google, MTN Launch Mobile Services for Uganda's Poor (01 Jul 2009)

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Access to Credit: Microenterprises in Turkey
Analyzing determinants of access to credit

A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Ecuador
Tracking poverty changes to offer targeted services

A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Ethiopia
Using poverty scoring for targeting pro-poor programs

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey of District Central Cooperatives Banks (DCCB) and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) in India
Examining uptake of technology in MFIs

The Impact of Drought on Household Vulnerability: The Case of Rural Malawi
Analyzing coping mechanisms employed by households to deal with drought

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