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Microfinance and Natural Disasters
General Microfinance Resources
Advanced Microfinance Resources
2003
Microfinance and disaster management. Stuart Mathison. The Foundation for Development Cooperation. Brisbane.
2002
Microfinance and disaster risk management. Experiences and lessons learned. Enrique Pantoja. Provention Consortium.
2000
Disaster loan funds for microfinance institutions. A look at emerging experience. Warren Brown. Geetha Nagarajan. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
Bangladeshi experience in adapting financial services to cope with floods. Implications for the microfinance industry. Warren Brown. Geetha Nagarajan. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
Can microfinance meet the poor's financial needs in times of natural disaster? Joan Parker. Geetha Nagarajan. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
1999
Rapid Onset Natural Disasters - Eight Briefs Ronald T. Chua, with contributions by Alexandra Overy Miehlbradt. Microfinance Best Practices. Development Alternatives. Bethesda. Brief 1: Loan rescheduling after a natural disaster. Brief 2: New loans after a natural disaster. Brief 3: Using compulsory savings for natural disaster response. Brief 4: Non-financial emergency services to MFI clients. Brief 5: MFI liquidity problems after a natural disaster. Brief 6: Pre-disaster planning to protect microfinance institutions. Brief 7: Pre-disaster planning to protect microfinance clients. Brief 8: Microfinance donors. Preparing for natural disaster.
1998
Microfinance in the wake of natural disasters. Challenges and opportunities. Geetha Nagarajan. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
2001
Raising the curtain on the microfinance services era. Stuart Rutherford. CGAP Focus Note 15.
Reducing micro-credit costs through information technology: The case of SKS. Grameen Connections Newsletter. Vol 4. Issue 2. Spring 2001. Grameen Foundation USA.
Is Microcredit the answer to poverty reduction? Vijay Mahajan. Basix. Hyderabad.
Microfinance in India. Basix. Hyderabad.
Case studies on selected microfinance institutions in India. Basix. Hyderabad.
Savings and credit movement in Andhra Pradesh. Lessons for the rest of India. Sankar Datta and Vijay Mahajan. Basix. Hyderabad.
The millennium development goals. United Nations Millennium Summit.
Smart money goes multilingual. Andrew Enever. BBC.
The poor and their money. An essay about financial services for poor people. Stuart Rutherford. Institute for Development Policy and Management. University of Manchester.
The yin and yang of microfinance: Reaching the poor and sustainability. Elizabeth Rhyne. Microbanking Bulletin July 1998.
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The challenges of microfinancing in southeast Asia. John Conroy. The Foundation for Development Cooperation. Brisbane.
Microfinance regulations in developing countries. A comparative review of current practice. Patrick Meagher. Iris Centre. University of Maryland. Maryland.
Consensus microfinance policy guidance: regulation and supervision. CGAP Position paper. CGAP. Washington.
Commercialization of microfinance. Bangladesh. Stephanie Charitonenko and S.M. Rahman. Asia Development Bank. Philippines.
Linking banks and (financial) self-help groups in India. An assessment. Dr. Erhard W. Kropp and Dr. B.S. Suran. Microcredit Innovations Department. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. Mumbai.
Learning from clients: Assessment tools for microfinance practitioners. The SEEP Network. Washington.
Financial analysis. CGAP Course Materials. CGAP. Washington.
Commercialisation of microfinance. Robert Christen and Deborah Drake. Microenterprise Best Practices. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
Disclosure guidelines for financial reporting by microfinance institutions. CGAP. Washington.
Regulations and supervisions of microfinance activities: The Philippines case study. Arelis Gomez, Thomas Fitzgerald and Robert Vogel. Microenterprise Best Practices. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
The rush to regulate. Legal frameworks for microfinance. CGAP Occasional Paper. CGAP. Washington.
Management information systems for microfinance: An evaluation framework. Andrew Mainhart. Microenterprise Best Practices. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
Measuring microfinance delinquency: Ratios can be harmful to your health. CGAP Occasional Paper. CGAP. Washington.
Impact assessment methodologies for microfinance: Theory, experience and better practice. David Hulme. Institute for Development Policy and Management. University of Manchester. Manchester.
Fostering financial innovation for the poor. The policy and regulatory environment. Paul McGuire and John Conroy. The Foundation for Development Cooperation. Brisbane.
Principles and practices of microfinance governance. Rachel Rock, Maria Otero and Sonia Saltzman. Microenterprise Best Practices. Development Alternatives. Bethesda.
Management information systems for microfinance institutions. A handbook. Charles Waterfield and Nick Ramsing. CGAP Technical Tools Series No. 1. CGAP. Washington.
1997
Effective governance for microfinance institutions. CGAP Focus Note No. 7. CGAP. Washington.
