Recent Activity in Microfinance Community
- Consolidated Reply: Malegam Committee Report on Microfinance - Advice. Issue date 23 March 2011 in Microfinance Community
- Seeks views on the strengths and gaps of the recommendations made in the Malegam report, possible implementation challenges if the recommendations are accepted and the ways to overcome them
- Consolidated Reply: Micro Pensions for Vulnerable and Informal Workers - Experiences, Advice. Issue date 11 March 2011 in Microfinance Community
- Seeks views on pension literacy, various initiatives in the area of Micro Pensions, possible models and mechanisms for extending pension services and the required policy changes for efficient and effective delivery of pension services
- Consolidated Reply: Inputs on Poverty Alleviation for Planning Commission's Approach Paper to the XIIth Five Year Plan - Examples, Advice. Issue date 30 December 2010 in Microfinance Community
- Provide inputs for Planning Commission
- Consolidated Reply: Linking Land Rights with Livelihoods and Microfinance Issues - Experiences, Examples. Issue date 30 December 2010 in Work and Employment Community, Microfinance Community
- Seeks inputs on the successful livelihood promotion in four states in North East and the challenges and barriers to livelihood promotion in the region.
About the Microfinance Community
Microfinance community works as a powerful instrument of knowledge sharing to develop individual and organizational capacities and strengthen policy environment to reduce poverty through microfinance initiatives and innovations leading to enhance financial inclusion.
To achieve the mission, Microfinance Community will focus on:
- Strategies for building an inclusive and equitable financial sector
- Financial Sustainability versus outreach – balancing commercial sustainability with availability of microfinance services to the poor
- Creating an enabling environment for promoting an inclusive financial sector
- Delivery mechanisms- different approaches and models of delivering financial services , and their advantages and limitations
- Product innovations and diversification of financial services
- Microfinance and Sustainable livelihoods
- Microfinance and crisis management – to smooth out income fluctuations during crisis
- Measuring impact – developing appropriate methodology an indicators
Recent Community Updates
Microfinance Community Partnerships
Community Partnerships, besides Sponsors or Host organisations, the system provides for partnership constructs, each construct must have (a) Partnership type, (b) Organisation that is partnered with, and (c) Output. Create relevant RR if needed before linking to them.
Community Events
External Links
Community External Links (Reciprocal links, Facebook and other pages)
Resource Team
Dr. Navin Anand, Resource Person and Moderator
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Ms. Monika Khanna, Research Associate
