Resources Tagged: Microfinance

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  1. 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

  2. Microfinance and Poverty Reduction

    Key Resource 1997-11-01 This book considers various types of microfinance schemes and compares the effectiveness of different approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problems facing poor people. Microfinance...
    Microfinance Poverty

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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