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  • March 6-7, 1998
    Comparative Perspectives on Micro-Credit and Micro-Enterprises
    South Asia Program, Cornell University
    This workshop will examine the factors that have influenced the successes and failures of micro-credit and micro-enterprise programs in Latin America and South Asia. The workshop will address alternative forms of credit and work and how they coincide with the transformation of the world economy, the reorganization of the labor market, and the increased attention paid to processes of informalization. It will also examine how these programs and development strategies provide new opportunities for economic redistribution and growth, household survival, and social stability.
    Please submit abstracts of 200-400 words by February 10, 1998 to either: Shelley Feldman, SAP, 170Uris Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, fax: (607) 254-5000 or Mary Jo Dudley, LASP, 190 Uris Hall, Cornell University fax: (607) 255-8919.

  • March 10, 1998
    Performance and Standards in Microfinance - One Day Seminar on the CAMEL Instrument
    At this seminar ACCION will present its latest Discussion Paper Performance and Standards in Microfinance: ACCION�s Experience with the CAMEL Instrument by Sonia Saltzman, Rachel Rock, and Darcy Salinger. Presentations will include: Overview of the CAMEL Instrument - a review of the qualitative indicators, quantitative indicators, and CAMEL adjustments to financial statements; ACCION�s Experience with the CAMEL Instrument - an in-depth look at costs and team composition; CAMEL Results for the ACCION Network - a presentation of principal analytical conclusions, challenges, and lessons learned; Challenges Facing the Microfinance Industry - setting standards of financial performance. Among ACCION Staff Presenters: Michael Chu, President; Sonia Saltzman, Vice President Research and Development; Carlos Castello, Vice President Latin America Operations. Non-ACCION Staff Presenters: Shari Berenbach, Executive Director, Calvert Foundation Stefan Harpe, Director of International Operations, CALMEADOW. The Wyndham Bristol Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
    Send your name, organizaion's name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and check made out to ACCION Interntional in the amount of $40.00 (per attendee) to:
    ACCION International
    733 15th St., NW, Suite 700
    Washington, DC 20005
    ACCION will accept completed registration forms via fax, (202) 393-5115, and the registration fee of $40.00 at the door. However, space is limited, so please register by mail prior to February 27, 1998.

  • March 26-28, 1998
    Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise
    Mexico City
    Preliminary programme has now been prepared [ Please use your browser's "Save link as ... " option to download MS-WORD Document ].
    For further information, please contact by fax to (52)(5) 536-73-09 or email: Alberto Rosenbaum [email protected]

  • 25-27 June 1998
    Meeting of the Councils
    Follow-up to the 1997 Microcredit Smmit
    Contact:
    The Microcredit Summit Secretariat

  • August 2-22, 1998
    Financial Institutions for Private Enterprise Development
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    A 3-week program designed to provide participants a practical guide to the financing of micro, small and medium enterprises.
    Contact:
    Harvard Institute for International Development (USA) Fax: (1-617) 495.0527

  • August 29 to September 8, 1998
    International Symposium on Micro-credit for Women with Disabilities
    Eugene, Oregon
    The goal of this workshop is to increase access of women with disabilities to microcredit opportunities through collaborative action by leading grassroots women with disabilities
    Contact:
    Symposium on Micro-credit Mobility International USA
    P.O. Box 10767
    Eugene, OR 97440
    tel: 541-343-1284
    fax: 541-343-6812
    email: [email protected]

  • September 10 and 17
    PBS: To Our Credit
    TO OUR CREDIT, a two-part documentary for public television, will air on PBS on Thursday, September 10 and 17 at 10 PM - check local listings as times vary.
    Contact:
    For Tool Kits, Viewer's Guides, preview tapes, Press Kit, contact http://www.toourcredit.org or Roberta Laverty, TO OUR CREDIT OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, Email: [email protected]

  • September 21-25, 1998
    Second Annual Seminar on New Development Finance
    Frankfurt, Germany
    The objective of the seminar is to give participants a comprehensive view of New Development Finance (NDF), the most recent approach to financial sector development.
    Contact:
    For more information, a copy of the conference brochure, and registration information, visit the web site of OSU's Rural Finance Program at: http://www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/ruralfinance/

  • 18-20 October, 1998
    Effective Governance of Microfinance Institutions, Washington, D.C., USA
    The conference aims to achieve the following objectives: Identify and discuss the main issues related to governance of microfinance institutions; define effective governance practices in microfinance institutions; develop governance guidelines that can be used to improve accountability and effectiveness of microfinance institutions.
    Contact:
    For more information and registration forms, go to the USAID Microenterprise Innovation Project website at http://www.mip.org/jobs/jobs-def.htm and click on "Conferences and announcements" in the upper right corner.

  • November 9-13, 1998
    The Tripartite Review on Micro-Finance
    Lyon, France.
    This meeting will bring together key actors in micro finance with the aim to create and ensure an enabling environment for micro finance activities. UNCTAD has taken a leading role in micro finance through its 'Micro Banks Initiative'. The aim is to establish a dynamic link between Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) in developing countries and private investors in developed economies.
    Contact:
    Carolina Quintana & Zoraa Amijee
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
    SITE Division/ Office E.7023 , Geneva-CH
    tel:41229075551
    tel:41229074532
    Web: http://www.devlab.org/

  • 17th-19th of November, 1998
    The Challenge for Latin America in the 21st Century: Financial Services in the Rural Area
    La Paz, Bolivia International Seminar on Rural Financial Services (in Spanish only).
    Contact:
    For those interested in participating or needing more information, please contact Guillermo Monje at the Instituto Boliviano de Estudios Empresariales (IBEE) in La Paz at tel: (591-2) 415351 or fax: (591-2) 413200 or e-mail [email protected]
Hari Srinivas - [email protected]
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