Capacity Building for Microfinance

Capacity Building for Microfinance
The design of microfinance policies and programmes

Programme development and management	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 - 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 - [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 Microfinance 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

Also see documents in the "Kickstart an NGO" section of the NGO Café