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Please note that links to other Internet sites do not imply any official endorsement. The United Nations and the International Year of Microcredit takes no responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations, or guarantees the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to other sites is to indicate further information available on related topics. Below please find a list of links to more information on microfinance including specific information on remittances, microinsurance and savings. While there is a wealth of information out there, the following resources are not comprehensive; they represent a sampling of information to provide a good foundation for learning more about microfinance.
BOOKS Asian Development Bank - Development of SME Financing Support System IFC Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Department World Bank Group Small and Medium Enterprise Department Financing Difficulties and Structural Characteristics of SMEs in China Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB): Results of CFIB Banking Survey - October 2003 Growth
and Empowerment - Making Development Happen Banker
to the Poor Development
As Freedom Economists Guide: Essential Economics Finance
at the Frontier: Debt Capacity and the Role of
Credit in the Private Economy The
Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating
Poverty Through Profits Getting the Framework Right: Policy and Regulation
for Microfinance in Asia The
Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance
for the Poor Microfinance
Systems: Designing Quality Financial Services
for the Poor The
Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in
the West and Fails Everywhere Else The
New World of Microenterprise Finance: Building
Healthy Financial Institutions for the Poor Saving
Capitalism from the Capitalists: Unleashing the
Power of Financial Markets to Create Wealth and
Spread Opportunity Why
Isn’t There More Financial Intermediation
in Developing Countries? The
Economics of Microfinance Microfinance
Handbook: An Institutional and Financial Perspective Credit
Reporting Systems and the International Economy Microfinance
Poverty Assessment Tool Poor
People's Knowledge: Promoting Intellectual Property
in Developing Countries The
Elusive Quest for Growth 11 Key Principles on Microfinance. Developed by UNCDF, CGAP and other CGAP member donors and endorsed by the G8 Countries in June 2004 in preparation of the International Year of Microcredit 2005. Available at http://www.cgap.org/keyprinciples.asp CGAP (2002): Microcredit: One of Many Intervention Strategies, Washington DC: CGAP Donor Brief No. 2 (April) CGAP (2004): CLEAR Report on Cambodia. Washington, D.C.: CGAP, 2004. Example of a comprehensive financial sector analysis, available at www.cgap.org Hege Gulli (1998): Microfinance and Poverty. Questioning the Conventional Wisdom, Washington D.C., IADB. Easy reading, introduction International Monetary Fund (IMF): Microfinance: A View from the Fund, Washington, DC: IMF Paper (approved by Stefan Ingves), January 2005 Elisabeth Rhyne and Robert Peck Christen (1999): Microfinance Enters the Marketplace. Washington, D.C.: USAID. Available at http://www.mip.org/pdfs/usaid/microfinanceenters.pdf Stuart Rutherford (2000): The Poor and Their Money. Oxford. UNCDF (2001): Supporting Women's Livelihoods. Microfinance that Works for the Majority. A Guide to Best Practices. New York, UNCDF. Available at http://www.uncdf.org/english/microfinance/reports/policy/index.asp UNCDF (2003): Sector Development Approach. New York, UNCDF. Available at http://www.uncdf.org/english/microfinance/reports/policy/index.asp Manfred Zeller (2001):"Promoting Institutional Innovation in Microfinance: Replicating Best Practices Is not Enough", D+C Development and Cooperation No. 1, January/February 2001 The Role of Governments in Microfinance. Washington, D.C.: CGAP Donor Brief No. 19. June 2004, available at www.cgap.org The Rush to Regulate: Legal Frameworks for Microfinance,
CGAP Occasional Paper No. 4, April 2000, available at http://www.cgap.org CGAP. Consensus Microfinance Guidelines: Regulation and Supervision. Washington, D.C.: CGAP Consensus Guidelines, August 2003 available at http://www.cgap.org GTZ. Regulatory Requirements for Microfinance. A Comparison of Legal Frameworks in 11 Countries Worldwide. Eschborn 2003. Available at www.gtz.de CGAP Appraisal Format, Washington, D.C.: CGAP Technical Tool, July 1999 (new edition 2005 forthcoming, available at www.cgap.org CGAP: Building Inclusive Financial Systems. Donor Guidelines on Good Practice in Microfinance. Washington, D.C.: December 2004. [the so-called "Pink Book"] available at www.cgap.org Donor Peer Review on Aid Effectiveness: Microfinance as a Test Case. Synthesis Reports on findings from the first sets of peer reviews, and UNDP/UNCDF Management Letter. Available at http://www.cgap.org/projects/donor_peer_reviews.asp Brigit Helms and Peggy McInerny (2002): Water, Water, but not a drop to drink. Washington, D.C.: CGAP Donor Brief No. 3, May, www.cgap.org/direct CGAP Phase III Strategy 2003 - 2008. Washington, DC, January 2003, www.cgap.org Microfinance Donor Brief Series by CGAP, available at www.cgap.org/direct Information about individual donors and investors is available at www.mixmarket.org Is Microfinance an Effective Strategy to Reach the Millennium Development Goals? CGAP Focus Note no. 24, January 2003, www.cgap.org/html/p_focus_notes24.asp Monique Cohen, with CGAP staff and Deena Burjorjee/UNCDF, The Impact of Microfinance. Washington, D.C.: CGAP Donor Brief No. 13, July 2003, and DIRECT Presentation "The Impact of Microfinance", available at www.cgap.org/direct CGAP (2002): Making Sense of Microfinance Interest Rates, Washington, D.C.: CGAP Donor Brief No. 6 (September) www.cgap.org/direct Tools available at http://www.cgap.org/publications/technical_tools.asp MicroSave Briefing Notes and Toolkits available at www.microsave.org ON THE WEB New publication — Microfinance and the Millennium Development Goals Reaching out: Access to and use of banking services across countries Rural Finance: Recent Advances and Emerging Lessons, Debates, and Opportunities, Columbus, Ohio: Reformatted version of Working Paper No. AEDE-WP-0041-05, The Ohio State University, July 2005 Oct 2004 Data on Access of Poor and Low Income People
to Financial Services Directory of Development Organizations 2005 Bringing Development Back into Microfinance, Journal
of Microfinance Human Development Report Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work
for the Poor. Commission on the Private Sector & Development. Is Microfinance an Effective Strategy to Reach
the Millennium
Development Goals? Microfinance in the Arab States Microfinance and the Poor: Breaking down walls
between microfinance and formal finance UN Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) UNCDF informs about the microfinance activities of UNDP and UNCDF, training offers, the International Year of Microcredit, and publishes reports, project documents, and additional comprehensive information and training material on microfinance at http://www.uncdf.org => click on microfinance The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), the donor consortium in microfinance, publishes a host of very useful short publications and tools at www.cgap.org. Its Donor Information Resource Center at www.cgap.org/direct lists useful case studies, presentations and training tools particularly for donors and social investors The Microfinance Gateway is a very comprehensive source on microfinance. It lists publications of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and other microfinance-related documents. It provides summaries and reading recommendations of selected documents, glossaries, and information on upcoming events. Visit http://www.microfinancegateway.org The MIX (Microfinance Information exchange) is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to help build the microfinance
market infrastructure by offering data sourcing, benchmarking
and monitoring tools, as well as specialized information
services. www.mixmarket.org The Microfinance Center for CEE and NIS, based in Poland, is a membership-based resource center that promotes the development of microfinance through training, consulting, research, learning, and legal and policy development services. www.mfc.org.pl The Virtual Library on Microcredit lists a broad range of
publications on microfinance issues at http://www.gdrc.org/icm DevFinance (DFV) is a public e-mail server that broadcasts messages to subscribers. It is designed to enhance communication among researchers, practitioners, donor employees, and policymakers who are interested in developing financial markets especially in low-income countries. It is sponsored by the Rural Finance Program at The Ohio State University. If you wish to subscribe to DevFinance, refer to the OSU web site at http://www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/RuralFinance/devfinan.htm Microfinance Practice: This listserve provides microfinance
practitioners an opportunity to discuss relevant issues with
their peers. For more information and to subscribe, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrofinancePractice/ BOOKS Social Reinsurance: A new approach to sustainable
Community health financing ON THE WEB HIV/AIDS and Microinsurance in the microfinance
sector in Africa 2004 Regulation and Supervision of Microinsurance
Report Microinsurance: A Case Study of an Example of
the Full Service Model of Microinsurance Provision Microinsurance Centre Briefing Note # 2: How Poor
People Manage Risk? Microinsurance: Improving Risk Management for
the Poor Microinsurance: A Risk Management Strategy Necessity as the Mother of Invention: How Poor
People Protect Themselves Against Risk Roundtable on Microfinance Services in the Informal
Economy: The Role of Microfinance Institutions Viewing Microinsurance as a Social Risk Management
Instrument BOOKS Striking
the Balance in Microfinance: A Practical Guide
to Mobilizing Savings ON THE WEB CGAP Focus Note 13 on Savings Mobilization Strategies Going to the Barricades for Microsavings
Mobilization: A View of the Real Costs from the Trenches Mobilising Microsavings: The Experience of Seven
Deposit-Taking Institutions Mobilising Microsavings: The Millennium Challenge
in Microfinance Savings in the Context of Microfinance – State
of Knowledge Women, Microfinance, and Savings: Lessons and
Proposals BOOKS Remittances:
Development Impact and Future Prospects ON THE WEB Outward Bound Sending a Lot of Money Home Sending Money Home: Remittance to Latin America
and the Caribbean Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Remittances Determinants of Financing Obstacles. Does Foreign Bank Penetration Reduce Access to Credit
in Developing Countries? Financial and Legal Constraints to Firm Growth: Does
Firm Size Matter? Financing Patterns Around the World: Are Small Firms
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