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Segmentation of Smallholder Households: Meeting the Range of Financial Needs in Agricultural Families

Segmentation of Smallholder Households: Meeting the Range of Financial Needs in Agricultural Families

With an estimated 2.5 billion people living in 500 million smallholder farm households in the developing world, agricultural production plays a powerful role in poverty reduction. A new paper by CGAP, Segmentation of Smallholder Households, differentiates this large and diverse population of smallholder farmers into three segments determined by commonalities in how they engage with markets and how those markets are organized. “Not all smallholders are the same and this paper signifies more...

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Erin Scronce on May 7, 2013

How Product Costing Can Help Microfinance Institutes (MFIs) Business Strategy

How Product Costing Can Help Microfinance Institutes (MFIs) Business Strategy

microfinancegateway.org –

This paper discusses the need for and benefits of product costing in the microfinance industry. It states that MFIs currently face increasingly competitive and mature markets with more regulation and declining lending rates. In such a scenario, product costing helps to analyze costs and benefits, identify strategy deviations and business model inconsistencies. The paper also states that a reliable costing methodology helps to improve management information systems, budgeting, develop cost more...

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D C on April 16, 2013

Critical components of a private sector development strategy

Critical components of a private sector development strategy

guardian.co.uk –

The business enabling environment – the policies, rules and regulations that affect business and the way they are administered by government – are a major determinant of business and income growth, investment and job creation. Legal, regulatory and licensing reform – in other words the removal of red tape – is central to improving the business enabling environment. The existence of unnecessary processes and procedures is, of course, a major source of corruption – doing away with unnecessary more...

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Amanda Williams on April 11, 2013

Do you have a big new idea on how to fight global poverty?

Press release for the 90-Second Big Idea

Calling all visionaries and innovators! Do you have a big new idea on how responsible, inclusive finance can better tackle global poverty? Submit your “90-Second Big Idea” for a chance to win free registration to the MFC 2013 Annual Conference! What ideas are we looking for? The Microfinance Centre looking for ground-breaking new ideas on how responsible, inclusive finance can fight global poverty. Most importantly, we’re looking for unsung ideas — ones that haven’t been tested, more...

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Katherine Knotts on April 10, 2013

Banco Palmas

en.wikipedia.org –

Banco Palmas is a Brazilian community bank founded in 1998 in Conjunto Palmeiras, a neighborhood of 32,000 inhabitants located in the suburbs of Fortaleza - Ceará, Brazil operating under the principle of the "Solidarity Socio-Economy." It was the first of a large number of similarly structured community banks - also known as "community development banks" (CDBs) - throughout Brazil. It is managed locally by the Association of Residents of Conjunto Palmeira (Associação dos Moradores do Conjunto more...

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John Daly on April 7, 2013

Trends in Sharia-Compliant Financial Inclusion

An estimated 1.28 million clients use Sharia-compliant microfinance services, a four-fold increase since 2006, according to a CGAP report released today. Despite this growth, the sector remains limited in terms of number of service providers, product offerings and overall outreach. The report, Trends in Sharia-Compliant Financial Inclusion, finds that the overall supply of Islamic microfinance products is still small relative to the conventional microfinance sector, but it is growing more...

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Erin Scronce on April 2, 2013

The financing and growth of firms in China and India : evidence from capital markets

The financing and growth of firms in China and India : evidence from capital markets

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This paper studies the extent to which firms in China and India use capital markets to obtain financing and grow. Using a unique data set on domestic and international capital raising activity and firm performance, it finds that the expansion of financial market activity since the 1990s has been more limited than what the aggregate figures suggest. Relatively few firms raise capital. Even fewer firms capture the bulk of the financing. Moreover, firms that issue equity or bonds are different and more...

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Aversion to Learning in Development? A Global Field Experiment on Microfinance Institutions

Aversion to Learning in Development? A Global Field Experiment on Microfinance Institutions

michael-findley.com –

Randomized evaluation has revolutionized the practice of international development by providing credible evidence on the causal effects of anti-povertyinterventions. The newapproach, however, relies on development organizations’ willingness to subject their programs torigorous evaluation and update based on what they learn. But development organizations,devoted to their methods, may be averse to such updating. This randomized study indicates that microfinance institutions are averse to more...

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David Sogge on March 28, 2013

Q&A with Joanna Ledgerwood: Do Financial Markets Work for the Poor?

Q&A with Joanna Ledgerwood: Do Financial Markets Work for the Poor?

Imagine a life without access to financial services: no deposit account, no debit card, no fire insurance, no college savings plan, and no home mortgage. Life would be an incredibly stressful roller coaster ride, and most dreams would remain unfulfilled. For us, life without access to financial services is unimaginable. The microfinance sector now reflects the multidisciplinary intersection of finance, technology, and development, where new ideas are changing the art of what is possible. The more...

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Erin Scronce on March 26, 2013

The New Microfinance Handbook: A Financial Market System Perspective

The New Microfinance Handbook: A Financial Market System Perspective

microfinancegateway.org –

Highlighting the importance of a diversified financial sector in meeting the needs of the poor This book describes the financial market system, the functions within it, and how they work in serving the needs of the poor. It examines the financial service needs of poor people, and discusses how a diversified financial sector can address these needs in an accessible and beneficial manner.The book aims to contribute to greater access and usage of financial products and services that genuinely more...

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John Daly on March 26, 2013

Financial Inclusion and Innovation in Russian Payment Systems

Financial Inclusion and Innovation in Russian Payment Systems

The payments sector in Russia has over recent years been at the forefront of innovation. That there is still a long way to go can be seen using the example of many users still using ATMs to withdraw cash only to deposit it at cash-in terminal located right next to them. The hope is that new developments will ultimately lead to an easily accessible and interoperable payment system that combines the advantages of various channels.

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Erin Scronce on March 21, 2013

How Much do Financial Inclusion Indicators Say about Russia?

a Siberian fisherman, Andrey Rudakov

By 2012, the progress in financial inclusion in Russia has been significant. The number of people not using any banking services reduced to 22 percent; the supply of financial services increased fivefold; and the number of bank branches per 100,000 adults grew to over 37 – which puts Russia ahead of some highly developed countries. In the area of branchless banking, the advancement has been even more rapid. From virtually none several years ago, Russia has developed various innovative financial more...

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Erin Scronce on March 20, 2013

Curbing Debt Stress

The right package of regulations can rein in reckless lending while allowing development of healthy credit markets that extend access to underserved households and very small businesses, according to a report published by CGAP today. The report Regulatory Options to Curb Debt Stress offers a policy framework for preventing and managing debt stress, which occurs when individual households or whole market segments become over-indebted.

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Erin Scronce on March 19, 2013

Financial Inclusion in Africa : An Overview

Financial Inclusion in Africa : An Overview

www-wds.worldbank.org –

This paper summarizes financial inclusion across Africa. First, it provides a brief overview of the African financial sector landscape. Second, it uses the Global Financial Inclusion Indicators (Global Findex) database to characterize adults in Africa that use formal and informal financial services and identify the barriers to formal account ownership. Next, it uses World Bank Enterprise Survey data to examine how the use of financial services by small and medium enterprises in Africa compares more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 7, 2013

High Remittance Costs in Africa: Is Building Regulatory Capacity for Microfinance Institutions the Answer?

High Remittance Costs in Africa: Is Building Regulatory Capacity for Microfinance Institutions the Answer?

Remittances constitute an increasingly significant flow of funds to the developing world. In 2004, remittances totaled more than USD 160 billion, an increase of over 65% since 2001,when their flows stood at an estimated USD 96.5 billion; the figures went up to US$300 billion during 2006, $328 billion in 2007 (IFAD, 2009), rising to $372 billion in 2011 and to an estimated $406 billion in 2012 (World Bank, 2012). Remittance flows to and within Africa are currently about US$40 billion. more...

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D C on March 6, 2013

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