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	<title>The MiFi Report &#187; crisis</title>
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		<title>WSJ: Microfinance&#8217;s Midlife Crisis&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2010/03/wsj-microfinances-midlife-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2010/03/wsj-microfinances-midlife-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From humble beginnings, microfinance—a system of providing tiny loans and savings accounts to the poor—has grown into a global industry attracting the interest of large multinational banks.
But the commercialization of the industry has sparked a fierce debate. Profit advocates highlight improved access to foreign capital and expertise; traditionalists say microfinance companies are in danger of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Crisis, Small Help: Microcredit&#8217;s role in crisis relief&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2010/02/big-crisis-small-help-microcredits-role-in-crisis-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2010/02/big-crisis-small-help-microcredits-role-in-crisis-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood couldn&#8217;t have done it better. Late in the afternoon on Jan. 22, an armored car packed with $2 million in cash rolled out of J.P. Morgan Chase headquarters in downtown Miami, headed to the Homestead Air Force Base. Thirty-four bricks of bank notes packed into ordinary office supply boxes were loaded onto a C-17 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: Still reeling from the effects of post-election violence, drought</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2010/02/kenya-still-reeling-from-the-effects-of-post-election-violence-drought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2010/02/kenya-still-reeling-from-the-effects-of-post-election-violence-drought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are emerging from one of their lowest business ebb in the last two years due to the 2008 post-election violence, a severe drought and dried fund taps from donors as a result of the global financial crisis.
According to the industry players, the last two years have been the toughest for their businesses.
“The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerian MFBs Face Crisis Due to Increased Yuletide Withdrawals</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/12/nigerian-mfbs-face-crisis-due-to-increased-yuletide-withdrawals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/12/nigerian-mfbs-face-crisis-due-to-increased-yuletide-withdrawals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigerian microfinance banks (MFBs) are facing difficult times as they manage their liquidity positions and also endeavor to cope with the increased yuletide withdrawals by their customers. The season of Christmas is a period of increased expenditure for many households. The case of individuals who have held their savings at some of the microfinance banks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaraguan Microfinance in Crisis&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/11/nicaraguan-microfinance-in-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/11/nicaraguan-microfinance-in-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>boris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The microfinance industry in Nicaragua is under siege by a politically motivated group of borrowers who call themselves the No Payment Movement (Moviemiento No Pago).
The Movimiento No Pago includes from 3,000 to 5,000 producers, merchants and microentrepreneurs who are led by the former mayor of Jalapa Omar Vílchez. The movement commenced in Jalapa in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agenda of global financial reform needs broadening&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/agenda-of-global-financial-reform-needs-broadening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/agenda-of-global-financial-reform-needs-broadening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Monitor
Our world is at a tipping point. If we do not act together, if we do not act responsibly, if we do not act now, we risk slipping into a cycle of poverty, degradation, and despair.
Twenty-two years ago, the United Nations advanced the idea of sustainable development as a way of escaping from this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAPER WRAP-UP: Microfinance Funds Continue to Grow Despite the Crisis, by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/paper-wrap-up-microfinance-funds-continue-to-grow-despite-the-crisis-by-the-consultative-group-to-assist-the-poor-cgap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/paper-wrap-up-microfinance-funds-continue-to-grow-despite-the-crisis-by-the-consultative-group-to-assist-the-poor-cgap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 08:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
According to recent CGAP research report, microfinance funds have not been severely impacted by the global financial crisis.The report acknowledges that while emerging market funds have experienced a 20 percent sell-off, microfinance investment funds (MIVs) experienced positive returns in 2008.In fact, assets in the top 10 microfinance investment funds grew by 32 percent in 2008.The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh forecasts, crisis plans up at World Bank-IMF meet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/fresh-forecasts-crisis-plans-up-at-world-bank-imf-meet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/fresh-forecasts-crisis-plans-up-at-world-bank-imf-meet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business World Online
THE COUNTRY’S economic prospects as well as ways to address the impact of the global downturn top the agenda of Philippine officials attending this week’s World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings in Washington.
The April 25-26 event, to be held as the world grapples with the effects of the global crisis, is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;China no more a threat to us&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/china-no-more-a-threat-to-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/china-no-more-a-threat-to-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DNA India
Mumbai: Many Indian manufacturers that were giving China competition in the international market have been hit hard by the current crisis. Still, Mohammed Saqib, founder and secretary-general of the India-China Economic and Cultural Council, says Indian businessmen have no reason to fear the dragon.
Who is worst affected by the global economic recession &#8212; India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in Women’s Earning Power in Times of Crisis&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/investing-in-women%e2%80%99s-earning-power-in-times-of-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/investing-in-women%e2%80%99s-earning-power-in-times-of-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web News Wire 
Government policy responses to the global financial meltdown must focus on the role of women as economic agents in order to address the all-too-familiar trend of women and girls suffering disproportionately during times of economic crisis, speakers told the Commission on the Status of Women this afternoon as it held an expert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which way for African Microfinance?&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/01/which-way-for-african-microfinance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/01/which-way-for-african-microfinance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mifireport.com/?p=638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi, Kenya,  January 2009  &#8211;  In its bid to develop microfinance within the broader context of continental economic growth and poverty alleviation efforts, the African Union commissioned a workshop in Dakar, Senegal in 2008. The meeting was attended by 27 experts in the field of microfinance, regulatory agencies and staff of the AU Commission. 
The workshop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance Still Hums, Despite Global Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/12/microfinance-still-hums-despite-global-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/12/microfinance-still-hums-despite-global-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the rich suffer, so do the poor. Or so goes the trickle-down theory. It turns out, though, that the spreading of global financial pain is far from simple. The microfinance industry, for instance, may be resistant to some of the volatility now plaguing financial markets. That&#8217;s because those who borrow in small amounts from micro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: Global Credit Crisis Hurts MiFi in South Asia&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/11/reuters-global-credit-crisis-hurts-mifi-in-south-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/11/reuters-global-credit-crisis-hurts-mifi-in-south-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI (Reuters) &#8211; A global credit crisis that has felled large investment banks and prompted multi-billion dollar bailout packages is also hurting unlikely victims half a world away: small south Asian businesses dependent on microfinance.
Microfinance has helped poor women and farmers in Bangladesh and India set up businesses and grow crops since the 1970s.
But as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MFIs face challenge of global meltdown</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/11/mfis-face-challenge-of-global-meltdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/11/mfis-face-challenge-of-global-meltdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD: Financing FOR the poor is getting more frugal now with microfinance institutions facing the heat of the global financial meltdown. There has been a virtual halt in fresh disbursements to MFIs by banks and financial institutions coupled with over 200 basis points hike in interest rate. It does not end at credit squeeze alone. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Economy Tests African Microcredit Channels</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/10/global-economy-tests-african-microcredit-channels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/10/global-economy-tests-african-microcredit-channels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lincolnw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid growing signs that the global economy is worsening, the White House yesterday extended an invitation to developing countries to attend a summit next month in Washington with leaders of the world’s wealthy economies.Faced with rising food and fuel prices, some of Africa’s poorest nations are struggling to lower earlier projections of economic growth by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muhammad Yunus on the Financial Crisis&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/10/muhammad-yunus-on-the-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/10/muhammad-yunus-on-the-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Nobel Prize-winning academic turned micro-finance banker for the poor has important advice for Washington. Muhammad Yunus believes that the government bailout of the banking system is but the first step in redesigning the global credit system. In the end, Yunus believes that a new self-correcting market system will have to be created.
In 1983, Muhammad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global credit crunch affects microfinancing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/10/global-credit-crunch-affects-microfinancing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2008/10/global-credit-crunch-affects-microfinancing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global credit crunch has led to a significant drop in fund flow to the microfinance sector.
Banks, which are required to provide 32-40 per cent of their loans to the priority sector (which includes rural credit), are the largest providers of funds to MFIs.
They lend to microfinanciers, who then on lend to the poor at [...]]]></description>
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