December 2009 - January 2010


	December 2009 - January 2010

The retroactive effects of the financial crisis on the funding of MFIs: what are the first outcomes?

Joséphine Gonzalez, Regional Investment Officer
PlaNIS, Business Unit of PlaNet Finance Group
Until now, microfinance had not been seen as a sector that fluctuated in line with economic cycles and which was thus affected by the crises and its downswings. But it seems that the sector is now feeling the effects of the current global financial crisis. The largest and most high profile impact has been a marked reduction in the lines of financing available to microfinance institutions (MFIs)...

The impact of the crisis on the financing of Microfinance Institutions
Sébastien Boyé and David Munnich, Investissement Officers
I&P Études et Conseils
The global financial crisis that broke out at the end of 2008 appeared in the classic financial sector in the form of general drying up of liquid assets: The main structures of financing had difficulties mobilizing the funds necessary for their business activity. At the end of 2008, many people feared that this phenomenon would also spread to the microfinance sector...


	Balkrishna Asharpati Jewelry Designer, Nepal

Mr. Balkrishna Asharpati has been involved in jewelry business of his father since he was a child. Mr. Asharpati has opened (with a foreign business partner) a shop in a very fashionable venue of the capital, Kathmandu...

Nepalese entrepreneurs heading towards Europe
150 entrepreneurs have learnt about various business-related issues in order to fulfill their dreams of exporting to Europe...

Southern Ghana - Fish-Farming Pilot Program
36 participants should have functioning fish-farms by the end of January...

The end of RENDEV project, microfinance and renewable energy
40,000 stakeholders have been sensitized...

Breakfasts Debate organized by PlaNet Finance in Paris:
January 7^th: "Social Ratings and microfinance"
February 4^th: "Microfinance et développement durable"
For more information: lespetitsdejeuners@planetfinance.org

Other Events:
January 25-27: 2^nd Microfinance & Sustainable Development Summit, in New York.
For more information: www.microfinanceconference.com
January 26-27: Conference "Microfinance Investments in Asia", Singapore.
For more information: www.hansonwade.com/events/microfinance-investments-in-asia/index.shtml

Click here to unsubscribe
You are entitled to access your personal data and request them to be modified. To exercise that right contact us at:
PlaNet Finance - 13 rue Dieumegard - 93400 Saint-Ouen Paris
© PlaNet Finance