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 | THE MICROCREDIT SUMMIT: DECLARATION AND PLAN OF ACTION February 2-4, 1997 This site features the objectives of The Microcredit Summit held in 1997 and the various issue headings that it dealt with, which include foreign aid, public welfare programs and the invisibility of the poor in the formal financial marketplace. The Plan of Action features the Summit's dedication to promotion and the use of microcredit as a way of empowering the poor in the formal marketplace. The Plan of Action elaborates on the kinds of funding needed by microcredit institutions, as well as on the need to build institutional capacity in the developing world http://microcreditsummit.org/declaration.htm |
| THE MICORCREDIT SUMMIT Members of the Microcredit Summit of Council Donor Agencies, UN Agencies and International Financial Insitutions agreed to complete an Insititutional Action Plan outlining how their institution would commit to fulfilling the Summits goal of reaching a 100 million of the world's poorest people by the Year 2005. Each institution is asked to update their Action Plan Summaries and submit them into the Summit. Adobe Acrobat version avaliable for all. * Institutional Action Plan Summary for Practitioners and Network Organisations in Developing http://www.microcreditsummit.org/campaigns/pracdev. * Institutional Action Plan Summary for Practitioners and Network Organisations In Industrialised Countries http://www.microcreditsummit.org/campaigns/actpr.pdf * Institutional Action Plan Summary for Bi-Lateral and Multi-lateral funders for microcredit http://www.microcreditsummit.org/campaigns/apdonner.pdf * Institutional Action Plan Summary for Do,mestic Governemtn Agencies in Developing Countries http://www.microcreditsummit.org/campaigns/dga. * Institutional Action Plan Summary for Foundations and Philantropists http://www.microcreditsummit.org/campaigns/fndlg.pdf * Institutional Action Plan Summary for Banks and Commercail Financial Instituion http://www.microcreditsummit.org/campaigns/bankslg.pdf * Institutional Action Plan Summary for Corporations |
| OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES OF
IDENTIFYING THE POOREST FAMILIES: Using Participatory Wealth Ranking (PWR), the
CASHPOR House Index (CHI), and Other Measurements to Identify and Encourage the
Participation of the Poorest Families, Especially the Women of Those Families Authors: Anton Simanowitz and Ben Nkuna, The Small Enterprise Foundation Sukor Kasim, Senior Research Fellow, Policy Research Fellow, University Sains Malaysia http://www.microcreditsummit.org/papers.htm |
| A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP TO ASSIST THE POOREST (CGAP) - A
MICRO-FINANCE PROGRAM This document established a policy framework for the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP). It represents decisions made at the June 27-28, 1995 meeting in Washington, D.C., where the CGAP was formally created. http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgap/policy.htm September 5, 1995 CGAP Phase II Funding Application Effective: April 1, 1999 - September 30, 1999 http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgap/applicat.htm |
| MICROFINANCE AND POVERTY REDUCTION Susan Johnson and Ben Rogaly Giving an overview of the current debates on microfinance, this book explores the rich variety of informal financial services used by the poor; emphasises the importance of the local context in deciding whether and how to intervene; discusses the design of a microfinance scheme; examines ways to sustain the provision of financial services in the long term; and reviews difficulties in and ways of assessing impact. Case-studies. 1997. 134 pages. ISBN 0-85598-369-8 WE323Z This book can be ordered online from amazon.com from the following url: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0855983698/qid=932567816/sr=1-1/002-1060514-8742442 |
| CHANGING WOMEN'S LIVES AND WORK : AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF EIGHT
MICROENTERPRISE PROJECTS Lucy Creevey Using a simple analytical framework, Creevey analyses eight micro-enterprise projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa by organizations specialising in technology-driven solutions and community-development approaches. Each project is described in detail. Methodology and statistical results are provided in an Appendix. 1995. 300 pages. ISBN 1-85339-319-3 WE238Z US$30.00 This book can be ordered online from amazon.com from the following url: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1853393193/qid=932568853/sr=1-2/002-1060514-8742442 |
| REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AT THE MICROCREDIT SUMMIT
MEETING OF COUNCILS Microcredit Summit Council of United Nations Agencies 25 - 27 June 1998 New York City This report features the Institutional Action Plans, the proposed next steps and shared experiences of the agencies that had participated during The Microcredit Summit. http://www.unifem.undp.org/msjune98.htm |
| THE MICROCREDIT SUMMIT'S CHALLENGE: Working Towards Institutional
Financial Self-Sufficiency while Maintaining a Commitment to Serving the Poorest Families Authors: David S. Gibbons, Managing Director, CASHPOR Financial and Technical Services Jennifer W. Meehan, Financial Advisor, CASHPOR Financial and Technical Services http://www.microcreditsummit.org/challengespaper.htm |
| MEASURING TRANSFORMATION: Assessing and Improving the Impact of
Microcredit Authors: Susy Cheston, Executive Director, Womens Opportunity Fund Larry Reed Managing Director, Opportunity International Network http://www.microcreditsummit.org/impactpaper.htm |
| How Donor Funds Could Better Reach and Support Grassroots Microcredit Institutions
Working Towards the Microcredit Summit's Goal and Core Themes Author: Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank http://www.microcreditsummit.org/papers.htm |