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UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND    Microfinance

Issue 11 / April 2005

      

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Past Issues

In Focus: Microfinance in Africa
Editor's Note
Featured Guest: Mr. Charles Konan Banny, Governor, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), and Advisor for the International Year of Microcredit:

Q&A on the Importance of Microfinance at the BCEAO
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UNCDF Launches US$42 Million, Seven-year Initiative

To Build Inclusive Financial Sectors in Africa
By Makarimi Adechoubou, Regional Technical Manager, Unit for West and Central Africa, UNCDF

Faulu Kenya Issues KES 500 Million (US$7 Million) Bond to Assist Poor People:

A Journey to the Capital Markets
By Gerald Macharia, Chief Executive Officer, Faulu Kenya Limited

Reinventing Postal Savings Institutions in Africa:

A New Role as Large-scale Microfinance Providers
By Hugues Kamewe, Adviser, Financial Sector Development, World Savings Banks Institute

IFC and Microfinance in Africa:

Building Strong Commercial Institutions
By Aftab Ahmed, Senior Manager-Microfinance, IFC

Zimbabwe's Third Largest Commercial Bank Promotes Microfinance:

As Donor Funding Nears End, CBZ Ready to Expand Access for Microbusinesses
By Dyson Z. Mandivenga, Head-Microfinance, Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe, Jewel Bank

DFID Supports the FinScope Survey in Five Countries in Southern Africa:

Collecting Better Data on Access to Financial Services
By Karen Ellis, Economic Advisor, Financial Sector Team, DFID

The Financial Diaries Project in South Africa:

Follow the Household Transactions and Entrepreneurial Endeavors of a Real Family for One Year

BCEAO Gathers African Leaders to Commemorate the International Year of Microcredit:

Historic Meeting Focuses on Challenges in Microfinance

African Countries Focus on Microfinance:

Twelve African Nations Engaged in the International Year of Microcredit to Date

International Year of Microcredit Advisors Visit Kenya and Uganda:

Princess Maxima, Diederik Laman Trip and Marilou van Golstein Brouwers Promote Microfinance on the Continent

The Role of Microfinance in Addressing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Zambia:

The Rainbow Model Provides a Future for AIDS Orphans
By Francesco Strobbe, European Central Bank

Voices of Microfinance: Responses to a Question Posed to the Microfinance Community

According to the Report of the Commission for Africa, "MFIs alone are not the answer. Banks and other financial institutions, domestic and international, have far greater resources to take up the challenge of enterprise financing and come up with innovative financing schemes."

Q. Do you agree? If not, why? If so, what concrete steps can be taken to generate greater involvement by banks and other financial institutions in responding to the financial needs of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Also Inside:
Jeffrey Sachs, Elizabeth Littlefield and William Easterly Speak at NYU:

The Role of Microfinance in Achieving the MDGs Is Highlighted

Women's World Banking Re-Convenes UN Expert Group on Women and Finance:

Provides Input into UNCDF and UNDESA Blue Book Initiative
By Nandini Pandhi and Nicola Armacost, Women's World Banking



In the Next Issue: Innovations and the Future of Microfinance

Coming Soon: Microfinance in the Middle East

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