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		<title>Home Proposals pave way for banks to reach rural poor&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/2667/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Daily

  Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday proposed amendments
  to the Banking Act to legalize branchless banking and allow the
  Kenya Post office and Savings Bank to trade in the foreign
  exchange market.


  Should the proposals be enacted, The Post Office Bank long
  saddled by laws barring it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt to increase access to financial services&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/govt-to-increase-access-to-financial-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/govt-to-increase-access-to-financial-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenya Broadcasting
President Mwai Kibaki Monday underscored his
governments&#8217; commitment to formulating and implementing policies
that will lead to the development of a stable, efficient, safe and
accessible financial sector.
&#8220;news&#8221;&#62;The President said the government is working
towards increasing access to financial services and products to all
Kenyans, particularly the poor, low income households and micro and
small scale enterprises.
&#8220;news&#8221;&#62;President Kibaki who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro-finance companies&#8217; bank financing ratio won&#8217;t rise&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/micro-finance-companies-bank-financing-ratio-wont-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/micro-finance-companies-bank-financing-ratio-wont-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Daily 
The 50-percent limit on micro-finance companies&#8217; bank financing ratio won&#8217;t be eased in the short run, according to Zang Jingfan, head of the cooperative finance supervision department of the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
&#8220;It is not good timing to increase micro-finance companies&#8217; current ratio since they may pass their risks over to banks,&#8221; Zang said in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance Bank Disburses N1.5bn for Poverty&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/microfinance-bank-disburses-n15bn-for-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/microfinance-bank-disburses-n15bn-for-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thisday Online
Over 10,000 customers of  ACCION Microfinance Bank (AMfB) have benefited from the N1.5 billion loans disbursed by the bank as part of its efforts to fight poverty.
The bank&#8217;s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Bunmi Lawson, who made this known at the bank&#8217;s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, disclosed that the year closed with N715 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microcredit and microfinance the solution to Yemen’s employment problem&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/microcredit-and-microfinance-the-solution-to-yemen%e2%80%99s-employment-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/microcredit-and-microfinance-the-solution-to-yemen%e2%80%99s-employment-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yemen Times
SANA’A, June 10 — While the percentage of unemployment in Yemen varies from one source to another, official statistics indicate that it is no less than 16 percent. Independent sources such as NGOs and research centers emphasize that such a percentage is not realistic.
“The Ministry of Planning announced in 2004 that Yemen’s unemployment rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: Triodos Bank Invests USD 900,000 in Microfinance Institutions in May&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/microcapital-story-triodos-bank-invests-usd-900000-in-microfinance-institutions-in-may/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/microcapital-story-triodos-bank-invests-usd-900000-in-microfinance-institutions-in-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
Triodos Bank has reported to the CGAP Microfinance Dealbook investments totaling approximately USD 900,000 this month.  The bank has invested 834,000 in IMON International in Tajikistan through the Triodos-Doen Foundation, and has loaned 61,000 to BICC in Honduras through the Hivos-Triodos Fund.
Triodos Bank was established as a commercial bank by the Triodos Foundation in 1980 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bill on non-bank credit institutions adopted by Milli Majlis in the first reading&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/the-bill-on-non-bank-credit-institutions-adopted-by-milli-majlis-in-the-first-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/the-bill-on-non-bank-credit-institutions-adopted-by-milli-majlis-in-the-first-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC.AZ
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Today Milli Majlis (Parliament of Azerbaijan) adopted the Bill on Non-Bank Credit Institutions.
The Bill comprises of 26 articles and defines the order of creating non-bank credit institutions, acquisition of license in the Central Bank, and opening of branches.
Under the bill, non-bank credit institutions can be established by local and foreign legal entities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New corporation to lend money to Colombia&#8217;s poor&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/new-corporation-to-lend-money-to-colombias-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/new-corporation-to-lend-money-to-colombias-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colombia Reports
A new corporation intended to support poor families in Colombia has been created during the Regional Summit on Microfinancing in the city of Cartagena de Indias.
The bank will be known as Grameen Aval Colombia corporation and received a three million dollar starting capital of the Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo Foundation, whose namegiver, Luis Carlos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Co-op unveils new global development fund&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/co-op-unveils-new-global-development-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/co-op-unveils-new-global-development-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Supermarket News
The Co-operative Bank today (5 June) unveiled an innovative new global co-operative development fund aimed at helping to alleviate poverty in some
of the world&#8217;s poorest communities. The initiative is very much in line with the ethics that form the central identity of the firm.
The Global Co-operative Development Fund (GCDF) has been created withlong-term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt scales economic growth projection to 5 p.c&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/govt-scales-economic-growth-projection-to-5-pc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/govt-scales-economic-growth-projection-to-5-pc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Citizen
The economy will grow by 5 per cent this year, two per cent down from the 7.4 per cent in 2008, the minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr Mustafa Mkulo, said in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
The Government had in April projected that the economy will grow by 6 per cent in 2009, down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan State Bank Designs Microfinance Credit G&#8217;Tee Facility&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/pakistan-state-bank-designs-microfinance-credit-gtee-facility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/pakistan-state-bank-designs-microfinance-credit-gtee-facility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Individual.com
State Bank of Pakistan Tuesday said it has designed a Microfinance Credit Guarantee Facility MCGF in order to incentivize channelling of funds to Microfinance Sector, to be administered by SBP, BSC.
It is expected to facilitate banks/ DFIs to play leading role in easing credit constraints of MFBs/ MFls in their efforts to maximize outreach by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial sector grows by 59%&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/financial-sector-grows-by-59/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/financial-sector-grows-by-59/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Monitor
Uganda’s financial sector is growing due to increased activities in the economy. Statistics by Bank of Uganda show that the financial sector grew by 59.3 per cent in the last two years ending March 2009.
The central bank says the Ugandan financial sector has undergone some deepening in the recent past, with several financial products [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asset Management Company ConCap Connective Capital in the Starting Blocks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/asset-management-company-concap-connective-capital-in-the-starting-blocks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/asset-management-company-concap-connective-capital-in-the-starting-blocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters
Frankfurt School  of Finance &#38; Management Spin-off Focuses on Development Finance
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany &#8211;(Business Wire)&#8211;
In future, the &#8220;Fund Management and Fund Advisory&#8221; division of the Frankfurt School of Finance &#38; Management (Frankfurt  School), which specializes in the market for development finance, will operate as an independent entity under the name ConCap Connective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: Sri Lankan Bank of Ceylon to Open More Branches Focused on Small and Medium Enterprises and Microfinance&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microcapital-story-sri-lankan-bank-of-ceylon-to-open-more-branches-focused-on-small-and-medium-enterprises-and-microfinance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
The chairman of the Bank of Ceylon (BoC), Dr Gamini Wickramasinghe, has told the Sri Lanka Daily News that the bank would be opening several more branches in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of the country soon, saying that with the war coming to an end there will be a huge demand for banking services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microlenders widen their client base&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microlenders-widen-their-client-base/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microlenders-widen-their-client-base/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Business
NO loan is too small for small businesses these days.
With many banks continuing to put a hold on lending, more small-business owners and would-be entrepreneurs are turning to microlenders, organisations that dole out smaller loans typically ranging from as little as $US500 to $US35,000.
Microlenders, most of whom are non-profits, have traditionally focused on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Solution Has Been Staring Us in the Face&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/the-solution-has-been-staring-us-in-the-face/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/the-solution-has-been-staring-us-in-the-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khaleej Times
Microfinance ought to be high on the agenda of policymakers looking for an imaginative response to the global financial crisis. As an ethical, responsible financial system that serves productive businesses through intimate knowledge of the client, it is founded upon principles that are diametrically opposed to those practiced by the conventional bankers that sparked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to quit smoking? Go to the bank&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/trying-to-quit-smoking-go-to-the-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/trying-to-quit-smoking-go-to-the-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABS CBN News
How can somebody who’s poor but addicted to nicotine stop smoking? Nicotine substitutes and cessation therapies, at P80 to P100 a day, would definitely be prohibitive for a low-income smoker.
In Agusan del Norte province, the non-government group Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) partnered with the Rural Green Bank of Caraga to offer an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hold departure order issued vs shuttered bank group officials&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/hold-departure-order-issued-vs-shuttered-bank-group-officials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business World Online 
THE  DEPARTMENT of Justice  has issued  a hold departure        order against the directors and officials of the shuttered Legacy Group       of Companies.
In an order dated Feb. 11, Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez ordered    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bahrain launches first poor people&#8217;s bank&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/02/bahrain-launches-first-poor-peoples-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gulfnews.com
Riyadh: Bahrain has become the first GCC state to launch a bank for extending micro-credit facilities for the poor. 
The Ibda&#8217;a (Creativity) Bank was launched jointly by Shaikha Sabeeka Bint Ebrahim Al Khalifa, King Hamad&#8217;s wife and chairwoman of Bahrain&#8217;s Supreme Council for Women, and Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, president of the Arab Gulf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regional bankers predict financial crisis to last up to three years &#8211; survey&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html
WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) &#8211; A majority of bankers in the Caribbean and Latin America expect the crisis in financial markets to last between one and three years, according to a new survey.
Two out of three bankers who participated in the Inter-American Development Bank and the Latin American Bank Federation poll, said the financial crisis [...]]]></description>
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