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UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Microfinance |
Issue 17 / October 2005 |
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Quote of the Month:
"The involvement of the private sector [in microfinance] has been very encouraging. Indeed, microfinance offers an excellent platform for private-public partnerships in which everyone wins. Poor people gain new choices and a chance to increase their wealth. Societies benefit in their efforts to defeat hunger and achieve other development goals such as child education, better nutrition and gender equity. And private businesses profit from access to new markets and, not least, from the boon to their reputations that comes with offering services that have a positive social impact." - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Geneva Private Capital Symposium, October 10, 2005
In Focus: Microfinance and the Private Sector
Q&A on the Commercialisation of Microfinance
The Case for Financial Access Charters in Sub-Saharan Africa
Demonstrates That Serving Low-Income Segments Is Profitable
On Microfinance at the EIB
Microfinance Pioneers Aiming to Become Leaders in Socially Responsible Business
Have a Strong Plan for Financial Risk Management
Opportunities and Challenges
Evolving Models of Success
Attracts Broad Private Sector Participation
Symposium Focuses on Challenges in Involving Commercial Banks in Microfinance
Aims to Increase Access to Microfinance for Energy Services
Q: How will international private sector investment change the face of microfinance?
Also Inside:
President Bill Clinton, Diana Taylor and Stanley Fischer to Give Keynote Addresses Importance of Data on Microfinance Cited Highlights Expanding the Frontier of Microfinance in Latin America Event on Sustainability in the Finance Sector to Draw 500 Participants Conduct Demand-Side Analysis of Credit for Small Businesses By Carla Henry, Cecile Lapenu, Manfred Zeller, Manohar Sharma Earthquake Relief: To donate to UN relief efforts in the areas affected by the recent South Asian Earthquake, please visit the website of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?MenuID=10061&Page=1418 In the Next Issue: Summing up the International Year of Microcredit |
