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Microfinance

One key aspect of those who live in poverty is a lack of options. Personal finances are one area in which lack of options can have a huge impact on a family and community. Sometimes income and/or expenses are irregular, leaving folks vulnerable. The opportunity to borrow a small amount of money can be extremely helpful when school fees are due, a family faces unexpected medical expenses, or the time is right to expand a small business. However, the very poor do not have access to traditional banking services, and may be vulnerable to exploitation by people offering high interest loans.

-- Dawn Berkelaar,  EDN #115

  1. Microfinance: The Savings Group Model

    2012-04-20 One key aspect of those who live in poverty is a lack of options. Personal finances are one area in which lack of options can have a huge impact on a family and community. Sometimes income and/or expenses are irregular, leaving folks vulnerable. The opportunity to borrow a small amount of money...
    Microfinance Loans Poverty Village Savings an... Savings Groups

  2. Microfinance 1: Kosala groupe ya ko bomba mbongo na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Vidéo oyo ezali kolakisa lolenge nini ko banda groupe ya ko bomba mbongo. Ezali kolakisa ndenge nini kosala groupe yango, ndenge nini ko organiser groupe, pe ndenge ko organiser caisse esika mbongo eko banda kofanda.
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  3. Microfinance 2: Election ya batu oyo ba ko tambusa groupe ya kobomba mbongo na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Vidéo oyo ezali kokilakisa ndenge ya ko pona batu oyo esengeli ba tambusa groupe ya kobomba mbongo. Tozali kolobela ndenge nini ba décisions ezwamaka pe ndenge nini batu oyo batambusaka groupe yango ba ponamaka. Oyo ezali pe ba étapes ya procédure. Ezali animation ya mibale na série ya ba...
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  4. Microfinance 3: Amende pona kozanga réunion pe kozanga ko cotiser na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Vidéo oyo ezali kolobela ba amendes oyo mutu esengeli afuta na tangu azangi na ba réunions pe ba amendes oyo esengeli afuta soki abosani ko futa cotisation na ye pona ko bomba mbongo. Ezali troisième vidéo na série ya six animations ya microfinance.
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  5. Microfinance 4: ba Sujets ya ba Reunions: Ko defa niongo na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Na vidéo oyo, oko yekola ba étapes oyo esengeli kolanda pona ko banda ba réunion na kati ya groupe ya kobomba mbongo pe procédure ya kolanda pona ko defa mbongo. Ezali quatrième vidéo na série ya six animations ya microfinance.
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  6. Microfinance 5: Ko defa niongo na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Na vidéo oyo tozali kolakisa nini esengeli esalama na réunion na tango ba sengi niongo. Toko lobela ndenge nini ko fixer ba objectifs pe procédure ya ko zwa niongo. Oyo ezali cinquième vidéo na série ya six animations ya microfinance.
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  7. Microfinance 6: Kosala groupe ya ko bomba mbongo na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Vidéo oyo ezali kolakisa ndenge nini kosala réunion. Tokolobela ba activités de base oyo esengeli esalema na ba réunions nionso. Oyo ezali sixième vidéo na série ya six animations ya microfinance.
    SAWBO Microfinance Savings Groups

  8. Cloning Grameen Bank: Replicating a Poverty Reduction Model in India, Nepal and Vietnam

    Key Resource 1996-01-19 Inspired by the enormous success of the Grameen Bank in providing financial assistance to the poorest of the poor, four individuals - a central banker, an appropriate-technology NGO organizer, a professor of international relations and a top-level communist official - each sought to replicate and...
    Small Enterprises Microfinance Credit Program

  9. Micro Enterprise Development Manual: Animal production in Cambodia

    Cambodian animal agriculture faces many significant challenges and problems, mostly these are disease related; with this being the single biggest constraint on animal production in Cambodia. The relatively high price of processed animal feeds and continuing drought are also significant production...
    Livestock Development Livestock Livestock Marketing Pigs Goats Cows Asia

  10. Microfinance Gateway

    Since 2000, CGAP's Microfinance Gateway has been a valuable resource for individuals and organizations working to advance financial inclusion for the world’s poor. The Gateway welcomes more than 1 million annual visitors from over 200 countries, who recognize the Gateway as the web's leading...
    Microfinance

  11. Rectifying Distributionally Regressive Microfinance Systems in Northern Kenya

    2004-08-20 The absence of financial savings and credit access is widely cited as an obstacle to poverty reduction in the rangelands of east Africa. The well-known successes of microfinance initiatives in many parts of the world hold out the promise of scaleappropriate financial services for people...
    East Africa

  12. Village savings and loan associations - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video From the moment a member has saved a certain amount, he or she can start borrowing money to run any kind of business. By saving money together as a group, we can help small businesses to flourish and help each other out in the village. Available languages...
    Microfinance Business AccessAgriculture

  13. Practical Action Publishing - Enterprise Development and Microfinance (Journal)

    Connecting practice and research ISSN1755-1978 (Print) |1755-1986 (Online) Since 1990,Enterprise Development & Microfinance(EDM)has offered practice-based insights into the role of markets, enterprises and financial services in reducing poverty and stimulating economic development. This...
    Journal Microfinance Economic Development

  14. Catholic Relief Services Research and Publications - Microfinance

    We are inspired to connect, to create and to champion lasting change for poor and vulnerable people around the globe. With our shared belief in a just world and an understanding that we achieve more together, we strive each day to work collaboratively to carry out our mission. Our strategy helps...
    Microfinance

  15. The Role of Village Community Banks in Strengthening Rural Groups

    2013-02-20
    Rural Development East Africa

  16. THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER (GDRC) - microcredit and microfinance

    The Global Development Research Center is an independent nonprofit think tank that carries out initiatives in education, research and practice, in the spheres of environment, urban, community and information, and at scales that are effective.
    Key Resource Business Small Enterprises

  17. Microfinance in Africa

    Key Resource 1999-01-01 This book explores recent developments in microfinance in Africa. It is divided in two parts. Part 1 contains selected papers from the Microfinance Professional Forum held in Cotonou, May 18-20, 1998. Part 2 contains case studies of several African microfinance institutions prepared by the World...

  18. Village savings and lending as a gateway to the dissemination and adoption of innovations in agriculture

    2015-11-18 Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA), a form of micro-banking in rural communities, allows smallholder farmers to acquire the capital required to invest in their agricultural enterprises, while also serving as a gateway to learn about new innovations in agriculture. This presentation...
    Microfinance Food Security Savings Agriculture Develo... Economic Development

  19. SAWBO - Microfinance 1: Starting a Savings Group (World Renew Version)

    The following video describes how to start a savings group. It includes how to form a group, how to organize the group and then how to organizing a savings box. This variation of the animation was created for World Renew. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a university based...
    Microfinance SAWBO

  20. SAWBO - Microfinance 2: Election of a Management Committee (World Renew Version)

    This animation describes the process of electing a management committee. We discuss how decisions are made collectively and how a committee is elected as part of this process. This variation of the animation was created for World Renew. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a...
    Microfinance SAWBO

  21. SAWBO - Microfinance 3: Fines for Missing a Meeting and Missing a Payment (World Renew Version)

    This animation describes the concept of fines that can be applied when one misses a group meeting and in the same order, fines that can be applied when one misses a savings payment. This variation of the animation was created for World Renew. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a...
    Microfinance SAWBO

  22. SAWBO - Microfinance 4: How to Hold a Meeting (World Renew Version)

    This animation explains how to hold a meeting. We discuss the core activities that need to occur at all meetings. This variation of the animation was created for World Renew. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a university based program. SAWBO transforms extension information on...
    Microfinance SAWBO