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	<title>The MiFi Report &#187; finance</title>
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		<title>Economic Policy Tilting Toward the Less Rich&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/07/economic-policy-tilting-toward-the-less-rich/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/07/economic-policy-tilting-toward-the-less-rich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Times
In an apparent reaction to criticism, the Lee Myung-bak administration has been adopting a series of policies to appease the less well off. But the move has attracted criticism from chaebol and the rich.
Finance-Strategy Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun announced his intention not to cut income and corporate taxes for big business, and then on [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/2667/#comments</comments>
		<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>FINO: Bank to the poor&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/fino-bank-to-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/fino-bank-to-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Rediff

  Thirty-seven-year-old Sivan Pandiyan had to run from pillar to
  post for over seven to eight months to get a meagre Rs 5,000 as
  loan from a bank to carry out the maintenance and repair work of
  his taxi.


  Tested to his limits, Pandiyan finally turned to the Financial
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro Credit in USDA’s Election Plan&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/micro-credit-in-usda%e2%80%99s-election-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/micro-credit-in-usda%e2%80%99s-election-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Irrawaddy News

  The Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), a mass
  organization backed by the Burmese military junta, has expanded
  its micro credit projects across the country ahead of the 2010
  elections.


  Sources close to the USDA said that the organization has
  increased funding for micro loans for [...]]]></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>LeapFrog Raises $44 Million for World&#8217;s First Microinsurance Fund&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/leapfrog-raises-44-million-for-worlds-first-microinsurance-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/leapfrog-raises-44-million-for-worlds-first-microinsurance-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PR Newswire
LUXEMBOURG, &#8211; In a breakthrough for microfinance and alternative investment, the LeapFrog Financial Inclusion Fund announced today that it has raised US$44 million. It is the world&#8217;s first investment fund focused on microinsurance. The fund aims to invest in businesses that will bring insurance and financial services to 25 million low-income people in Africa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile money to the poor will see $5 bln market in 2012&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/mobile-money-to-poor-seen-5-bln-market-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/mobile-money-to-poor-seen-5-bln-market-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters 
HELSINKI,(Reuters) &#8211; The market of mobile financial services to poor people in emerging markets will surge from nothing to $5 billion in 2012, U.S.-based microfinance policy and research center CGAP said on Monday.
Mobile money is one of the hottest topics in the wireless world, but so far take-up of services has been mostly limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Area Rotarians raise $900 toward micro finance loan for bank in Africa&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/area-rotarians-raise-900-toward-micro-finance-loan-for-bank-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/area-rotarians-raise-900-toward-micro-finance-loan-for-bank-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sierra Star
Last week, it took just 50 people at an Oakhurst Sierra Rotary fundraising dinner to raise more than $900 for Opportunity International at Sweetwater Steakhouse. Those dollars will go toward the overall goal of $300,000 that the nonprofit micro finance organization will use to build a bank in Mbale, an African market town in [...]]]></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>World Bank approves new Afghanistan aid strategy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/world-bank-approves-new-afghanistan-aid-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/world-bank-approves-new-afghanistan-aid-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; The World Bank on Thursday approved $600 million in grant funding for Afghanistan under a new three-year lending strategy that focuses on making government systems more effective and transparent, and encouraging private-sector investment.
 
In an interview with Reuters, Nicholas Krafft, World bank country director for Afghanistan, said there was enough flexibility built into [...]]]></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>World Bank rural finance scheme to help Indian farmers&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/world-bank-rural-finance-scheme-to-help-indian-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/world-bank-rural-finance-scheme-to-help-indian-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sakaal Times
WASHINGTON: With a $20 million Bill &#38; Melinda Gates Foundation contribution, the World Bank will establish an Agriculture Finance Support Facility to support the expansion of rural finance in the developing world including India.
In a time of tight credit, the Facility will support grants to bank and non-bank institutions for activities to increase access [...]]]></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>New MFI to issue property loans&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/new-mfi-to-issue-property-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/new-mfi-to-issue-property-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Phnom Penh Post
First Finance – a joint venture with Phillip Capital Group of Singapore and private investors – says it will lend to the struggling property sector despite the continuing downturn and bad loans
WHILE most banks remain reluctant to provide real estate loans to customers amid the global financial downturn, a new microfinance institution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa banks on cell phones&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/africa-banks-on-cell-phones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/africa-banks-on-cell-phones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 08:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Post
Millions to enter banking system through mobile phone system.
ACCRA, Ghana — Most working people here do not exist, at least not in the records of any trustworthy bank: The taxi drivers stash their salaries beneath floor mats and the market women tie their earnings up in the waistlines of their wrapper-skirts.
They are the “un-banked” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: World Bank Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Project in Ghana Disburses $3.2m for Year Ended June 2008; Total Project Value $118.9m&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/microcapital-story-world-bank-micro-small-and-medium-enterprise-msme-project-in-ghana-disburses-32m-for-year-ended-june-2008-total-project-value-1189m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 08:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
The World Bank, an international quasi-public bank, has committed USD 118.9 million to its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) project in Ghana. For the year ended June 2008 USD 3.21 million had been disbursed. The purpose of the project is to promote entrepreneurial activities within MSME as it comprises almost 70 percent of the [...]]]></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>
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		<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>UAE firm to launch first microfinance unit in Oman&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/uae-firm-to-launch-first-microfinance-unit-in-oman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emirates Business 24/7
The first microfinance project in Oman is to be launched by PlaNet Finance UAE to give financial assistance to entrepreneurs.
Microfinance schemes provide financial services to those on low income. In the GCC only Saudi Arabia and Bahrain currently have such organisations. Now a new joint stock company called Greenfield is being formed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘SBP, govt aim to drag poverty level below 10% by 2015’&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/%e2%80%98sbp-govt-aim-to-drag-poverty-level-below-10-by-2015%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 09:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Times
KARACHI: Deputy Governor State Bank of Pakistan Yaseen Anwar has said that the SBP and the government have been actively promoting financial inclusion to help achieve the target of reducing the level of poverty to below 10 percent by 2015.
Delivering a keynote address at the launch of World Bank’s Study on Access to Finance [...]]]></description>
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