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Microfinance Services through Well Functioning Panchayats
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E- Discussion Led by Jaya Patel, World Food Programme, Tehri Garhwal. Issued 22 December 2008 Shares views on Grading of Panchayats, strategies to build their capacities, types of Microfinance services to be taken up & management of microfinance activities and funds Microfinance Community and Decentralization Community |
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Enhancing Outreach of Microfinance and Use of Information Kiosks
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From Pooja Bharech, Drishtee Foundation, Noida - Referrals; Advice. Issued 5 December 2008 Captures references and advice on financial institutions that provide funds/loans for onward lending & ways in utilizing the existing Kiosks to enhance the outreach for micro financing Microfinance Community |
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Microfinance for Micro Dairy Enterprises
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From Kuldeep Sharma, Entrepreneurship and Technology Development Center, Noida- Experiences; Referrals. Issued 22 October 2008 Captures requirements of microfinance for small dairy enterprises, appropriate organizational set up and schemes of financial/promotional institutions providing microfinance services to small dairy farmers Microfinance Community and Food and Nutrition Security Community |
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Housing Microfinance for Poor
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From G. Milroy Paul, Habitat for Humanity India, Chennai- Experiences; Examples. Issued 29 September 2008
Shares experiences, issues, challenges faced and possible value delivery chains for housing microfinance. Microfinance Community |
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Appropriate Legal Structure for Health Mutuals
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From Kumar Shailabh, Uplift India Association, Pune- Experience; Advice. Issued 27 September 2008 Shares models of Community owned Mutuals, appropriate legal structure and reviews of partner agent model of Health Mutuals Microfinance Community |
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Client-focused Microfinance for Livelihoods
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From Tara Nair, Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB), Ahmedabad. Issued 10 September 2008 Shares experiences and views on integration of microfinance and livelihood interventions in context of conducting a study on client focused microfinance for livelihoods. Microfinance Community |
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Microfinance through Urban Local Bodies for Disaster Preparedness and Poverty Alleviation
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From Awadhesh Pathak, City Managers’ Association Gujarat, Ahmedabad- Experiences; Advice. Issued 26 August 2008 Shares experiences of microfinance for disaster preparedness and poverty alleviation through ULBs; also enumerates possibilities and challenges for linkages with financial institutions Microfinance Community with Disaster Management Community |
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Mobile Payment Guidelines of RBI
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From Harish Chotani, Consultant, Gurgaon- Experiences; Advice. Issued 24 July 2008 Captures experiences and advice on the draft of RBI’s Mobile Payment Guidelines so as to facilitate the process of modification of the guidelines initiated by RBI. Microfinance Community |
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State of Sector Report for Microfinance
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From N. Srinivasan, Lead Author of the ‘State of Sector Report - 2008’, Pune- Experiences; Examples. Issued 2 July 2008 Provides information about the successful experiments done in different areas of microfinance and also suggestions of developing future strategies. Microfinance Community |
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Microfinance Services for Mountain and Other Remote Areas
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From N. Srinivasan, Lead Author of the ‘State of Sector Report – 2008’, Pune- Experience; Advice. Issued 2 July 2008 Discussed constraints and needs gaps related to microfinance services in mountain and remote areas and innovative experiments and experiences related to microfinance products and services Microfinance Community |
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