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New in the Microfinance Gateway Library: Publications You Can
Use!
The Microfinance Gateway is looking for your
feedback!
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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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read the submission criteria and send your document to http://microfinancegateway.org/content/article/submit?dt=5.
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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