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	<title>The MiFi Report &#187; mfis</title>
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		<title>India: Microfinance institutions wary of housing loans over default fears&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/11/india-mfis-wary-of-housing-loans-over-default-fears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>boris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concerns of defaults are holding back microfinance institutions, or MFIs, from a full-fledged expansion into home loans even as they seek to turn their clientele of poor borrowers into consumers and compete with commercial banks.
MFIs, established mainly to lend small sums to the unbanked poor to help them earn a living, say there’s potentially a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Microfinance Institutions hope for level playing field in new Bill&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/11/india-microfinance-institutions-hope-for-level-playing-field-in-new-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>boris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The microfinance institutions (MFIs) are awaiting the microfinance legislation based on the Rangarajan committee recommendations which is expected to give them a ‘level playing field’ and recognition as a separate group of non-banking financial institutions. 
The Bill on microfinance is expected to incorporate some of the key recommendations of the Rangarajan committee on financial inclusion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MFIs in Africa face collapse as financial crisis bites&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/mfis-in-africa-face-collapse-as-financial-crisis-bites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/mfis-in-africa-face-collapse-as-financial-crisis-bites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<title>Can Microfinance Help the Poor?&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/can-microfinance-help-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/06/can-microfinance-help-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stanford Progressive 
For many of the 3 billion poor in the world, poverty does not just mean a limited access to financial resources; extreme poverty implies malnutrition and starvation, exposure to disease, an impediment to education, a reduction of rights and privileges, and possibly death. However, microlending can ease the extent of poverty. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share Microfin To Raise $50 Million From IFC, Others&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/share-microfin-to-raise-50-million-from-ifc-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/share-microfin-to-raise-50-million-from-ifc-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 08:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VC Circle

The MFI serves more than 1.86 million members across 16 Indian states, and claims a 90% client growth in 3 years.
Hyderabad-based Share Microfinance Ltd, one of the largest microfinance institutions (MFI) in India, is raising a $50 million round of equity funding. International Finance Corp (IFC), the private equity arm of the World Bank, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBP adds incentive to Micro Credit Guarantee Facility&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/sbp-adds-incentive-to-micro-credit-guarantee-facility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/sbp-adds-incentive-to-micro-credit-guarantee-facility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Times
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan has told the banks that they might provide funding to microfinance banks/institutions with 25 percent First Loss Guarantee to cover up to 25 percent of the first loss on the principal amount under the Micro Credit Guarantee Facility.
The MCGF was introduced by the central bank in December last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: Sahara Mutual Fund of India Launches Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) as a Microfinance Saving Scheme&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/microcapital-story-sahara-mutual-fund-of-india-launches-systematic-investment-plan-sip-as-a-microfinance-saving-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/microcapital-story-sahara-mutual-fund-of-india-launches-systematic-investment-plan-sip-as-a-microfinance-saving-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
Sahara Mutual Fund (SMF), an asset management company, has lodged a draft offer document with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to create the Sahara Daily Fund (SDF). The SDF will be a daily systematic investment plan (SIP) where people can invest with a minimum of 10 Indian Rupees (Rs.) (USD 0.20). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MFIs need SBP approval before withdrawing shares&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/mfis-need-sbp-approval-before-withdrawing-shares/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/05/mfis-need-sbp-approval-before-withdrawing-shares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 08:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International News
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has directed sponsor members of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to deposit their holdings in blocked account of Central Depository Company of Pakistan Ltd (CDC) and take prior written approval of it before withdrawing shares from the CDC.
The SBP took this decision under Section 10(2) of Microfinance Institutions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks think small to achieve big; focussing on microfinance&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/banks-think-small-to-achieve-big-focussing-on-microfinance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/banks-think-small-to-achieve-big-focussing-on-microfinance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hindu News
Mumbai (PTI): Betting big on the fast-growing micro-finance sector, leading private and foreign banks are all set to scale up their MFI operations in the country. 
Apart from providing financial support to fund-starved microfinance institutions (MFIs), banks are also active in launching schemes to support the growth of tiny units by providing training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance integral to poverty reduction strategy: Gilani&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microfinance-integral-to-poverty-reduction-strategy-gilani/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microfinance-integral-to-poverty-reduction-strategy-gilani/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that microfinance is an important pillar and integral part of Pakistan’s poverty reduction strategy and the government is making all out efforts to expand its coverage through microfinance banking, microfinance institutions and rural support programme.
The Prime Minister expressed these views while chairing a high level [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Recession and Bangladesh&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/global-recession-and-bangladesh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/global-recession-and-bangladesh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Bangla
The various outlooks released thus far by multilateral agencies, think-tanks and experts have been wide off the mark in predicting the evolvement of the crisis; hence, rather than looking at ‘forecasts’, one may profitably look at observed patterns. Although GDP is a poor indicator due to lag/revisions, fourth quarter 2008 results showed that in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: Uganda Government to Set up Regulatory Body to Monitor Work of Savings and Credit Co-operative Organizations (SACCOs)&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microcapital-story-uganda-government-to-set-up-regulatory-body-to-monitor-work-of-savings-and-credit-co-operative-organizations-saccos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/microcapital-story-uganda-government-to-set-up-regulatory-body-to-monitor-work-of-savings-and-credit-co-operative-organizations-saccos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
The Government of Uganda is to set up a body to license and regulate the work of the Savings and Credit Co-operative Organizations (SACCOs) of Uganda, according to a press release on the Ugandan newspaper Monitor. The announcement was made by Ms.Ruth Nankabirwa, the state minister for Micro Finance, at a rural financial service sensitization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Microfinance Ecosystem unveiled at Sa-Dhan&#8217;s National Microfinance Conference 2009&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/04/new-microfinance-ecosystem-unveiled-at-sa-dhans-national-microfinance-conference-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[India PR Wire

Sa-Dhan, The Association of Community Development Finance Institutions, (the national association of 220 community development finance institutions and other sector stakeholders), hosted National Microfinance Conference 2009 at New Delhi under the theme &#8220;Microfinance Ecosystem “Equilibrium Between Growth &#38; Effectiveness”.
Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, Prof. Muhammad Yunus delivered the inaugural address at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MFIs introduce home loans for rural India&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/mfis-introduce-home-loans-for-rural-india/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/mfis-introduce-home-loans-for-rural-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rupee Times
The RBI&#8217;s move that prompted banks to lower lending rates is not only beneficial for the borrowers residing in the urban places but also for the people living in rural India. The micro finance institutions (MFIs) have come forward to help the poor by introducing home loan products.
The MFIs are launching home loans because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: International Finance Corporation (IFC) To Lend USD 450 Million and Increase Its Support of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mifireport.com/2009/03/microcapital-story-international-finance-corporation-ifc-to-lend-usd-450-million-and-increase-its-support-of-microfinance-institutions-mfis-in-colombia-peru-ecuador/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcapital
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, plans to lend USD 450 million to Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador over a 12-month period through to June 2009; however, in light of the global financial crisis that that amount may increase. The IFC is also increasing its support of microfinance institutions (MFIs) [...]]]></description>
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