Archive for the 'Microfinance' Category

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Generator Hire in the Third World

One thing that third world countries need, especially if microfinancing an enterprise, is power. If there are no mains nearby, generator hire is the only option.

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009

what Are the leagle requirements for opening a new microfinance comp. in India?

you need to register your company under section 25 act. for registering your company as section 25 company you need to declear your total no of shares and the owerns.
financial/MOA etc. are the others documents but these are not legal documents.

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Stories of Change in Microfinance

Update on entrepreneurs in Cameroon
Duration : 0:8:2

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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Women’s Microfinance Initiative: The Road to Buyobo Uganda

Follow the journey of American businesswomen as they travel to Buyobo , Uganda to help impoverished widows launch small businesses.
Formed in 2008, the Women’s Microfinance Initiative is a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. It provides credit for disenfranchised women in third world nations who want to begin their own businesses to support their [...]

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Liberia: Microfinance

Improving the economic situation of women is key to peace-building efforts in Liberia following a civil war that tore the country apart and left 75 percent of its people in extreme poverty. UNDP, with funds from Denmark, has set up revolving microloans that provide funds to women entrepreneurs, many of whom are heads of households. [...]

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

training HSE and microfinance

an impression of the training on the health, safety and environmental (HSE) aspects of microfinance in India.
Duration : 0:4:17

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Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Microfinance

http://www.worldhope.org/microfinance/overview.htm
Visit World Hope International to learn more about our Microfinance Program.
Microfinance, one of World Hope International’s Signature Programs, was created to function within strict models: serving the poor without charity, without promoting dependence and in an overall context of business viability and long term self-sufficiency.
Currently operating in Cambodia, Liberia, Indonesia and Sierra Leone, men and [...]

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

MFP 047. M-Banking. WIZZIT, South Africa.

Interview with Brian Richardson, Managing Director, WIZZIT, South Africa. Photos courtesy of WIZZIT.
Duration : 0:8:50

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Friday, June 5th, 2009

MFP_006. Lending Cycle. Microfinance

The concept of the Lending Cycle can be a useful guide in establishing solid lending operations and is also an excellent training tool for new loan officers and other staff engaged in lending operations. Using the individual loan product of Equity Bank as an illustrative example, we move through the first steps of the Lending [...]

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

MICROFINANCE- benefits/drawbacks of having independent bank premises?

what are the disadvantages (for the bank or micro-borrowers) of having bank branches specialised in microfinance?
TO THE BANK, THE BORROWERS ARE FEW FOR THE PROBLEM OF REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE.
THE CAPITAL IS ALWAYS SMALL AND APPLYING THE LAW OF SOWING AND HARVEST, IT IS WHAT YOU SOW YOU HARVEST.
TO THE BORROWERS, THEY HAVE TO PAY [...]