MICROFINANCE MATTERS

UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Microfinance

Issue 13 / June 2005

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Editor's Note

Featured Guest: Mr. Matthew Bishop, Business Editor of The Economist, and Advisor for the International Year of Microcredit:

Q&A on the Future of Microfinance

Experts and Emissaries Convene to Discuss Innovations, Challenges and the Future:

International Year of Microcredit and Georgetown University Conference on Microfinance:

Microfinance - Where We Are Now: And Where We Are Headed
Remarks delivered by Elizabeth Littlefield, CGAP CEO and World Bank Director
Increasing Access to Finance and the Challenge of Data Collection
Remarks delivered by Asli Demirguc, Finance Research Manager, Development Research Group and Adviser Financial Sector Operations and Policy, the World Bank
Managing Credit Risk in Microlending Operations
Remarks delivered by Steven A. Bernstein, Senior Advisor and Director, White House Initiative on African Mortgage Markets, United States Department of the Treasury
Technology Innovations at Grameen Foundation USA
Remarks delivered by Michael Eber, Program Officer, Grameen Foundation USA

Financial Sector Stakeholders Meet to Shape the Blue Book on Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development:

Hold Frank Discussions on the Future of Expanding Access to Financial Services

University of Chicago and Northwestern Conference on the Commercialization of Microfinance:

A Practical Look at the Future

Going beyond Remittances:

WSBI and MIF Conference Highlights Socially Committed Banks and Financial Inclusion
By Norbert Bielefeld, Deputy Director, and Angela Arévalo, Adviser, World Savings Banks Institute

The Future of Microfinance in Latin America:

Developing Financial Technologies Based on Intangible Assets
By Alejandro Soriano S., Senior Executive, the Andean Development Corporation (CAF)

The Future of Microfinance in India:

The Microfinance India Conference and a Look at an Expanding Market
By Sukhwinder Singh Arora, Financial Sector Team, Policy Division, DFID

Moneylender-free Villages:

A Vision for the Future from the Marathwada Gramin Bank
By Harishchandra Sukhdeve, Chairman, Marathwada Gramin Bank

Bollywood Star Aishwarya Rai to Serve as Spokesperson for the International Year of Microcredit:

Will Focus on Women's Issues

Romance Meets the MDGs:

British and American Television Networks to Air Romantic Comedy

In the Next Issue: Microfinance in the Middle East and North Africa

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