|
|
|
|
 |
|
UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Microfinance |
Issue 8 / January 2005 |
|
|
Upcoming Events, Conferences, and Trainings *** A special
session on microfinance and the mainstream financial sector at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland will feature leaders of financial
institutions such as Citigroup and ING in a discussion on how to serve the
bottom of the financial pyramid and how to promote inclusive financial systems.
This project is organized in collaboration with Brugger & Partners Ltd.
*** UNCDF and CGAP have collaborated closely over the past two years to develop a state-of-the-art course that addresses the training needs of international development agencies and policy makers in microfinance. The five-day workshop, “Building Financial Systems for the Poor: How Donors Can Make a Difference” covers global good practices and focuses on how donors and funders can play an effective role in supporting financial systems that work for poor people. . Over 130 people responsible for microfinance projects (from UNDP and other donor agencies, social investors, government, NGOs, etc.) have already participated in this course. The next course, the first in French, will be held in Benin 7-11 February 2005. For more information, please email: mila.co@undp.org. *** The M.I.T. Poverty Action Lab will hold its inaugural Executive Education Program, from 21 March to 25 March, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The program aims to work with non-government, government, and private sector firms to improve the effectiveness of development policy through research projects that employ experimental methodologies. The course will provide participants with the knowledge and training to scientifically test the accountability of development programs. Participants will walk away with a new understanding of the broad issues related to randomized evaluation as well as the specific requirements necessary to implement their own successful ones. For more information on the executive education program, and to email an expression of interest or application, please go to http://www.povertyactionlab.org/education/
.
|