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MICROFINANCE: FURTHER INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT?
A Report and Policy Brief
from the Meeting of Microfinance Pracitioners
August 26-28, 2001 Victoria, BC
The Centre for Global
Studies at the University of Victoria, convened a meeting of microfinance
experts and practitioners August 26-28, 2001, in Victoria, British Columbia.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the idea of a new international
agency or initiative for promoting the microfinance sector. The twenty-six
participants at the meeting included representatives from a cross-section
of microfinance programs and organizations, plus some independent researchers
and specialists from the field. Over the course of the two day meeting,
the delegates engaged in a number of discussions related to the central
question: if we were to establish a new agency for the promotion of microfinance,
what would it look like, and what functions would it serve?
Click here
to see a Final Report of this meeting, which was
the first in the development of a White Paper on the need for further institutional
support for micro-finance, in collaboration with the State of the World
Forum. The final White Paper, due out in the spring, will be presented to
the members of the Commission on Globalisation for their input and comment.
Please click here to see
a more comprehensive Policy Brief on this work.
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