Capacity Building for Microfinance
The design of microfinance policies and programmes
OTHER SPECIAL THEMES
Inspiring ideas
Women's access to credit
Microfinance Governance
Capacity Building
Financing Microenterprises
Microfinance and Disasters
Programme development and management
Also see documents in the "
Kickstart an NGO
" section of the NGO Café
LOTUS Spreadsheet Model for Calculating Interest Rates
Savings and Credit: Management Control Systems
Guidelines for financial management of a savings and credit group
Credit Capitalization Process
Starting and Improving a Savings and Credit Programme
"SCALE" - Recommended Performance Measures
Sources of Private Capital: Advantages and Disadvantages
7 Steps to build sustainable credit and savings programmes
Financial Cooperatives: A market solution to SME and rural financing
[PDF File, 360kb]
Integrating impact monitoring and assessment of microfinance
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James Copestake
Microfinance Outreach
Links between Institutional and Non-institutional Financial Sectors
An Outline of a Credit Policy for Partnership between Commercial Banks and NGOs
Small and Microenterprise Finance: Guiding Principles for Selecting and Supporting Intermediaries
Training needs of community credit groups
Beyond Basic Credit and Savings: Developing New Financial Service Products for the Poor
Lessons in Microfinance Downscaling: Commercial Banks in the Microfinance Market
Aspects of Outreach: A Framework for Discussion of the Social Benefits of Microfinance
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[PDF File, 13 pages]
Freedom from Hunger - Credit with Education Program
Participatory action research
Participatory Action Research: A menu of methods
Participatory Learning Techniques
Participatory Initiatives: The Facilitator's Toolkit
The PAR Practitioner's Tool Box
In Search of Roots: Re-visiting Participation
The World Bank Participation Sourcebook
Manual on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making
Community participation
Uganda's Community Management Programme
Facilitating Community Participation
Essential Activities for Community Participation
Ten Steps in Building People's Organizations
Monitoring and Evaluation: Encouraging Participation
Homogeneity and Heterogeneity: What makes a community tick??
Community Groups and Planning Action: The Need for Citizen's Participation in Decision-Making
International programmes
AFCAP: Microfinance Capacity Building Programme in Africa
FAO: Rural Finance Learning Centre
ILO: Microfinance Unit
IMPACT: Improving the Impact of Microfinance on Poverty - Action Research Programme
UNDP/UNCDF: Special Unit for Microfinance
USAID: Microenterprise Innovation Project
World Bank: Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)
World Bank: Sustainable Banking with the Poor
A GUIDE FOR PLANNING, STARTING AND MANAGING A MICROFINANCE PROGRAMME
Hari Srinivas -
hsrinivas@gdrc.org
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