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Jun 26, 2009
ACCION eNews: Microfinance- Bearing Fruit in Bolivia
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Roots of Inequality
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June 2009
New Book! Microfinance for Bankers and Investors
In her new book, Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, explains how providing financial services to the poor is a unique business opportunity that is both socially AND financially responsible. Packed with instructive case studies, Microfinance for Bankers and Investors: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of the Market at the Bottom of the Pyramid offers readers a road map for where and how to successfully invest in greater financial inclusion. Purchase your copy on Amazon.com today!
Meeting the Needs of Mexican Microentrepreneurs
ACCION has partnered with a young and innovative microfinance institution (MFI) in Mexico to reach more microentrepreneurs at the base of the economic pyramid. ACCION and enConfianza signed a long-term contract earlier this month in which ACCION will advise the MFI on credit methodology, risk management, project and process management, and human resources and organizational development. Read more here.
ACCION USA: Now Connecting Individual Lenders to U.S. Borrowers in Need
ACCION USA, a leader and innovator in U.S. microfinance since 1991, has teamed up with Kiva.org to connect U.S. entrepreneurs seeking small business loans with individual lenders, through Kivas person-to-person online lending platform. Check out ACCION USAs blog for more details on this exciting new partnership.
Exposing the Roots of Inequality the Human Opportunity Index
The World Banks recently published Human Opportunity Index (HOI) offers a unique framework for examining the root causes of inequality. Focusing specifically on children and opportunity, the HOI identifies those circumstances outside a childs control e.g., race, parents level of education, access to electricity or clean water that can determine a childs economic future. Learn more about the HOI and how microfinance can improve a childs economic outlook here.
https://www.accion.org/Page.aspx?pid=1666
Investments in Microfinance: Surviving the Liquidity Crisis and Ensuring Sustainable Growth. London, July 79, 2009. Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director, Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, speaker.
4th African Microfinance Conference. Ouagadougou, Burkino Faso, July 710, 2009. Brian Kuwik, vice president and program manager, Africa, ACCION International, speaker.
The Investment Opportunity for Pensions, Endowments, Foundations & Social Investors Summit. Washington, D.C., July 1314, 2009. Monica Brand, principal director, Frontier Investments Group, ACCION International, speaker.
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Microfinance Bearing Fruit in Bolivia
Selling goods at the Abastos Market in Santa Cruz, Bolivia is a highly competitive endeavor and not for the faint of heart. With just one look at sisters Eva, Abelina and Jesusa Chiri perched atop a heap of pineapples in the back of a forty foot rig its clear that they mean business.
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ACCION International is a private, nonprofit organization with the mission of giving people the financial tools they need microloans, business training and other financial services to work their way out of poverty. A world pioneer in microfinance, ACCION issued its first microloan in 1973 in Brazil . Today, ACCIONs partner microfinance institutions serve more than 3.7 million poor entrepreneurs per year in 23 countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the United States .
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