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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Central Bank of Nigeria Agrees to Extend Deadline for...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has agreed to extend the deadline by one year for microfinance banks (MFBs) to recapitalize as needed to avoid closing branches to comply with CBN’s regulatory...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Uganda’s Insurance Regulator, Making Finance Work for...
The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), Uganda’s insurance industry regulator, reportedly is partnering with Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A), a multilateral platform that aims to coordinate...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Loan of $39m to UniCredit Bank Serbia for On-lending...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a London-based multilateral financial institution, intends to loan EUR 30 million (USD 39 million) to the Serbian branch of UniCredit Bank,...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Women’s World Banking (WWB) Partners with Australia’s...
The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), an agency of the federal government of Australia, reportedly has pledged its support to Women’s World Banking (WWB), a US-based nonprofit...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Boston University, CGAP Partner on Financial Inclusion...
The US-based Center for Finance, Law and Policy at Boston University (BU Center) has partnered with CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a US-based nonprofit research and policy center, to...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) Calls for...
The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF), a working group initiated in 2005 by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), the Argidius Foundation and the Ford Foundation, is seeking submissions for...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Ears Earth Environment Monitoring of the Netherlands...
Ears Earth Environment Monitoring Limited, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based remote sensing company Ears Holding, is offering its Food Early Solutions for Africa (FESA) microinsurance system free...
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MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “Why People Do Not Buy Microinsurance and What...
By Michal Matul, Aparna Dalal, Ombeline De Bock and Wouler Gelade, published by Microinsurance Innovation Facility, February 2013, 31 pages, available at:...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion...
The Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), which is mandated to carry out the financial inclusion action plan endorsed at the 2010 summit of the Group of 20 (G20) large economies, has...
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MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “Final Impact Evaluation of the ‘Saving for...
By the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology at the University of Arizona and Innovations for Poverty Action, published by Oxfam America and Freedom from Hunger, April 2013, 216 pages, available...
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