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Microfinance: Time to move towards financial inclusion
Economic Times
By Tara Thiagarajan, Chairperson, Madura Microfinance The numbers that describe India's economy are mindboggling. Just one-tenth of the population participates in the formal economy. Of these, only about 35 million pay taxes. That's less than 3%.

Business Today

Government may bring Microfinance Bill in Budget Session
Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
New Delhi: The government is likely to introduce a Bill that seeks to make it mandatory for all microfinance institutions to be registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the Budget Session of Parliament, reports PTI. The finance ministry has ...
Govt may bring MFI Bill in Budget sessionBusiness Today
Microfinance Bill in Budget Session likelyMicrofinance Focus

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IFC Partners with Advans SA to Set Up Microfinance Bank in Oyo State, Nigeria
StarAfrica.com
“Microfinance is a vital tool in the fight against poverty and forms a core part of IFC's efforts to support small-scale entrepreneurs in Africa,” said Solomon Adegbie-Quaynor, IFC's Country Manager for Nigeria. “In Nigeria, IFC aims to increase the ...
Advans makes $3m equity investment in Nigerian microfinance bankMicrofinance Focus

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Making the Link Between Poverty and Illness: Microfinance Takes on Healthcare ...
Justmeans
[5] But some help is on the way, thanks to a new initiative that aims to provide over 700000 microfinance clients in the nation with health education and services, reaching an estimated 3.7 million family members over the next five years.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MFTransparency Releases Microloan Pricing Data for Ghana ...
MicroCapital
As part of this launch, webinars are available on pricing dynamics in these microfinance markets and regarding the transparent communication of prices to clients [1]. The Transparent Pricing Intiatives are part of a larger MFTransparency project funded ...
MFTransparency unveils Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania pricing dataMicrofinance Focus

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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MicroRate Founder Damian von Stauffenberg is First to be ...
MicroCapital
The Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG), a microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) and environment-related investment vehicle (EIV) certification organization, recently announced that Mr Damian von Stauffenberg, the founder of US-based ...

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Foundation's Bankers Without Borders Alliance ...
MicroCapital
The Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI), a nonprofit trade group, has become the sixth partner in the Bankers Without Borders (BwB) Alliance, a volunteer program started by the US-based Grameen Foundation.

BRAC ranked 4th best NGO in the world
Microfinance Focus
Microfinance Focus, January 27, 2012: Development organization BRAC has been ranked fourth in the list of top hundred Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the world by the Global Journal. BRAC (formerly the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) ...

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance CEO Working Group Issues Road Map for ...
MicroCapital
A group of eight CEOs of nonprofit microfinance organizations has issued a “Road Map for the Microfinance Industry: Focusing on Responsible and Client-Centered Microfinance.” The road map suggests that the industry improve its standards of ...

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF ...
MicroCapital
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based nongovernmental organization, has reported to MicroCapital that it has issued a three-year loan of USD 300000 to Tuba Rai Metin (TRM), a microfinance institution (MFI) in ...