AMiDA was founded to meet existing market demands, using international standards and best practices suitable to the Asian/Pacific market. AMiDA is modeled after the world's leading academies, and provides international intensive training programs to microfinance practitioners and policy makers. AMiDA, in line with its founder Micra Indonesia's vision, strives to build the local finance sector's institutional strength, capacity and outreach, and to promote innovations and transparency, to help promote access to finance for low-income populations and develop local economies.