Microfinance Development Economics Economics

• Discussion Forum at the Microcredit Summit - Currently operates via email and regular mail. They plan to have full discussion facilities on the website at some stage.
  
• The MicroFinance Challenge - Invites members of the public to participate in a microfinance project that will essentially cost them nothing.
  
• Mimo Finance - Provides microfinance services to the poor in selected parts of Uttarakhand and Western U.P., India.
  
• HOPE International - Microfinance organization helping people around the world to escape poverty by providing microloans, savings services, training and mentoring.
  
• Grameen - Gateway to affiliated enterprises, foundations, and projects. Provides an overview of microcredit, annual report, newspaper articles, and newsletter.
  
• The Green Children Foundation - Committed to helping the poor of the world by supporting microcredit, education and healthcare.
  
• Jamii Bora Trust - Microfinance institution in Kenya providing loans for micro-businesses, school fees, health and housing.
  
• United Prosperity - Encourages members of the public to combat poverty and multiply the impact of their money by providing a loan guarantee system for small entrepreneurs to finance and grow their businesses.
  
• People-Centered Economic Development - P-CED is based in UK as a profit-for-purpose company. It uses the model: do business as usual and invest profits for social benefit.
  
• Five Talents UK - The microfinance initiative of the worldwide Anglican Church. It helps establish, develop and support microfinance initiatives in developing countries, providing loan capital and training for entrepreneurs.
  
• Grameen Foundation - A nonprofit organization offering small loans, financial services and technology to alleviate poverty by helping people start self-sustaining businesses.
  
• The Microinsurance Centre - Created by MicroSave-Africa to promote and provide resources for associations between insurance carriers and microfinance institutions (MFIs) active in the developing nations of Africa.
  
• Kiva - Offer people in the industrialised world the opportunity to lend small sums of money through a network of microfinance institutions, to help entrepreneurs in developing countries start self-sufficient businesses. Includes information about the loan cycle,
  
• Virtual Library on Microcredit - Articles, events, and other information on alternative financial systems and related subjects such as community mobilization and enviro-economic development.
  
• The Microfinance Gateway - Comprehensive online resource for the global microfinance community. It includes research and publications, feature articles, organization and consultant profiles, and the latest news, events and job opportunities in microfinance.
  
• 100 Friends Project - Humanitarian organization providing funds and various services for education, housing, small business grants and loans, medical treatment and other needs for individuals and small organizations in developing countries.
  
• Funding the Poor Cooperative - Promotes the use of microfinance as a tool for poverty alleviation in China.
  
• Opportunity International - A non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poor break the cycle of poverty by providing small business loans, other financial services, training, and counsel.
  
• Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA) - Microfinance organization based in Luxembourg. Financial support and technical services for microfinance institutions. Publications, library and database. Specialised in French publications.
  
• Katalysis Bootstrap Fund - Katalysis promotes sustainable economic development by making small loans to poor entrepreneurs (mostly women) in Central America. Information about microcredit, case studies and how to make a donation.
  
• Lift Above Poverty Organisation - Based in Nigeria and aiming to alleviate poverty through microcredits and savings services. Includes information about its history and officials, interviews with clients, and sister organizations.
  
• Veecus - Social network geared towards microfinance and peer-to-peer lending. Members can browse projects of microentrepreneurs and personal pages of users and lenders.
  
• Opportunity International UK - British charity specialising solely in microfinancial services for the developing world. Provides an overview of clients and activities, affiliated organizations, and accounts, as well as past publications.
  
  

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