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Each month, the Microfinance Gateway adds valuable material
received from industry participants to our online library of over 6,900
documents. In November 2007, 50 new documents were added to the
Microfinance Gateway repository. Each of these publications can be
downloaded at no cost from http://www.microfinancegateway.org/.
We list below the latest literature produced on microfinance for
your reference. Topics covered this month include: Improving
Outreach, Microfinance in China, Microfinance in Fragile Environments,
Regulation & Supervision and Other New Literature.
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Improving Outreach
- Low-Income Households' Access to Financial Services:
International Experience, Measures for Improvement, and the Future,
Fernando, N., Asian Development Bank (ADB).
This paper discusses the problem of low-income people in accessing
financial services and proposes measures for improving access.
- Self-Reliance Microfinance in Tharparkar-Sindh:
Suggested Techniques, Herani, G., Rajar, A. & Dhakan, A.,
University Library of Munich.
This paper presents a new microfinance model and proposes establishing
a microfinance bank in Tharparkar, Pakistan.
- Successes in Expanding Microfinance Opportunities in
Rural Ethiopia - Where There is Little Entrepreneurship?,
Gobezie, G.
This paper emphasizes the role of microfinance in poverty alleviation
through appropriate financial products and methodologies.
- Toward a Social Performance Bottom Line in Microfinance,
Hashemi, S. & Anand, M., CGAP.
This brief proposes common reporting formats, guidelines and tools for
measuring social performance of MFIs.
Microenterprise Development
- Going Faster and Farther: Harnessing Technology for
Microenterprise (FIELD Funder Guide Issue 7), The Aspen
Institute, Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning
and Dissemination (FIELD).
This guide summarizes the experiences of microenterprise development
programs that have invested in technological innovation.
- Making the Economic Development Connection (FIELD
Funder Guide Issue 9), The Aspen Institute, Microenterprise
Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination (FIELD).
This paper argues that microenterprise development is an important
component of economic development strategy.
- Microenterprise Programs as Asset Builders (FIELD
Funder Guide Issue 10), The Aspen Institute, Microenterprise
Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination (FIELD).
This paper highlights the role of microenterprise programs in the
United States in building assets in the form of business equity.
- The Emerging Immigrant Market and Microenterprise
(FIELD Funder Guide Issue 8), The Aspen Institute,
Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and
Dissemination (FIELD).
This note focuses on the emerging immigrant market in the United States
and highlights the performance of microenterprise development programs.
Microfinance in China
- Highlight on China, Part 4 - Interview with the
People's Bank of China, Research Bureau, Jinpu, J.,
Microfinance Gateway.
An interview with Jiao Jinpu of the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
- Highlight on China, Part 4: The Policy Perspective
(English & Chinese), Isern, J., Zou, L. & Yang, X.,
Microfinance Gateway.
The fourth of a series of Microfinance Gateway Highlights on access to
finance in China.
Microfinance in Fragile Environments
- Afghanistan: Developing Innovative Financial Products
(Note from the Field), Greeley, M., USAID.
This brief discusses the innovative rural finance products offered by
the USAID funded Agriculture Rural Investment and Enterprise
Strengthening (ARIES) project in Afghanistan.
- Does Money Affect Happiness and Self-Esteem? The Poor
Borrowers' Perspective in a Natural Experiment, Becchetti, L.
& Castriota, S., Centre for Economic and International Studies
(CEIS), Universita' Tor Vergata.
This paper examines the effects of tsunami-related income losses on
satisfaction and self-esteem among Sri Lankan microfinance clients.
- Fall and Recovery. Disruption and Catching Up Effects
after Tsunami on a Sample of MFI Borrowers, Becchetti, L. &
Castriota, S., Centre for Economic and International Studies (CEIS),
Universita' Tor Vergata.
What is the impact of microfinance as a recovery tool after a natural
disaster?
- Post-conflict Microfinance: Assessment and Policy
Notes for Iraq, Desai, S., Friedrich-Schiller-University &
Max Planck Institute of Economics.
This paper explores the potential of microfinance in post-conflict
economies and policy considerations.
Regulation and Supervision
- Amendments to the Microfinance Institutions Ordinance,
2001 - Implications for the Sector, Ahmed, S. & Shah, M.,
Microfinance Regulation and Supervision Resource Center.
This document examines regulatory development in the microfinance
industry and identifies areas for further improvement.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Decree on the Supervision of
Microcredit Organization's Business Operations, Bosnia and
Herzegovina National Assembly, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Regulation governing the business operations of microcredit
organizations by the Banking Agency of the Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
- The Regulation Muddle in Nepal, Sinha, S.
& Sagar, S., Microfinance Regulation and Supervision Resource
Center.
This document discusses the issue of multiple regulations governing
microfinance institutions in Nepal.
Other New Literature
- CGAP MENA Initiative Update, Reille, X.,
Dababneh, R. & Al-Husseini, A., CGAP.
This newsletter covers the activities and achievements of CGAP's
partners in Middle East and North Africa.
- Does Microfinance Empower Women? Evidence from Self
Help Groups in India, Swain, R. & Wallentin, F., Department
of Economics, Uppsala University.
This study looks at the link between microfinance and women empowerment
using household sample data from India.
- Export Markets for High-Value Vegetables from Tanzania,
Neven, D., USAID.
The report presents the strengths and weaknesses of the Tanzanian
horticulture sub-sector and provides strategic options for increasing
market penetration.
- Insurance for the Poor: The Case of Informal Insurance
Groups in Benin, LeMay-Boucher, P., Centre for Economic Reform
and Transformation, Heriot Watt University.
This paper examines indigenous insurance groups in Benin to highlight
characteristics that influence membership and choice of insurance
coverage.
- Microcredit in Europe - Experiences of Savings Banks,
European Savings Banks Group (ESBG).
An overview of the current practice of microcredit within the savings
banks community.
- Repayment Frequency and Default in Microfinance:
Evidence from India, Field, E. & Pande, R., Centre for
Micro Finance (CMF/IFMR).
This study finds no significant correlation between type of repayment
schedule and client delinquency or default.
- The Impact of the Macroeconomic Environment on
Microfinance Sustainability: Measuring the Effects of Inflation,
Interest Rates, Unemployment and Per Capita GDP on MFI Profitability
and Repayment Rates, van Rijn, J.
This paper uses a statistical regression model to examine the impact of
the macro-economic climate on MFI sustainability.
- The Role of International Capital Markets in
Microfinance, Swanson, B., Developing World Markets.
Paper presented at Columbia University Business School's research
symposium, "Credit Markets for the Poor" April 20, 2007, New York,
United States.
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