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UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Microfinance |
Issue 2 / March - April 2004 |
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Links New publications and web sites for your information: The next edition of the MicroBanking Bulletin (MBB 10) will feature a new dataset focusing on MFIs who have provided four or more year's worth of information to the MBB. Sixty-five institutions have been asked to participate in this exciting process that will be used to develop indices focusing on trends related to organizational growth, profitability, efficiency, and outreach and the inter-relationships between these indicators. Please look for MMB Trend Lines in MBB 10 in March of 2004 at: www.mixmbb.org The Cambridge Microfinance and Development Venture Capital (MADVC) Network is an information and networking tool for students interested in development finance worldwide. It s relationship with students and faculty at top graduate schools (Harvard Business School / Kennedy School of Government / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / the Fletcher School) conributes to its strength and prominence in the Boston area. The Network disseminates information to members on behalf of development finance practitioners through monthly e-newsletters and through our website: http://www.microfinancenetwork.org. To subscribe to the Network's monthly e-newsletter, please send an email to the following address: CamMicrofinNet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.In January 2004, the MIX published the second in a series of regional reports on the performance of Microfinance Institutions in the Arab world, Benchmarking Arab Microfinance MIX collaborated with SANABEL, the regional network of microfinance institutions in the Arab world on the occasion of their inaugural conference in Jordan. The report compares the performance of MFIs in this region relative to performance in other regions and global averages for all MFIs submitting data to the MBB. The report is available in Arabic from SANABEL and in English from the MIX at: http://www.microfinancegateway.org/content/article/detail/14260. With two articles already published in this newsletter on laying a foundation for economic growth in post-conflict settings, another resource on the topic is the Post-Conflict Microfinance Project: http://www.postconflictmicrofinance.org. This website is a DFID funded project (with collaboration from Concern Worldwide and The Springfield Centre for Business in Development) aimed at improving the awareness, skills and knowledge available to implement successful post-conflict microfinance projects for the poor. Case study countries include, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Angola. Women for Women International announce a Call for Papers for the upcoming academic/practitioner journal on gender and development. This issue will focus on gender and microlending, and highlight some areas that have not been widely covered such as Islamic Banking, and the role of religion in defining lending methodology. The issue will examine lessons learned by taking/not taking gender into account in the design of financial and non-financial services to men and women, as well as the nexus between women’s rights and microlending. Articles should provide at least one example of a country’s experience that demonstrates the writer’s argument. Articles should incorporate a theoretical framework and a discussion of its practical implications. Articles should be 1,500-2,000 words long. Submission deadline is April 1, 2004. Send submissions and inquiries to coser@womenforwomen.org. |
