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Monthly Archives: October 2015
EIB`s support of microfinance outside Europe
I had a meeting five weeks ago at the EIB and was going through their publications while waiting for my contact. I found some publications on their work on microfinance and small and medium enterprise (SME) finance, and thought I tell you … Continue reading
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Tagged impact investing, microfinance
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2015 MIV Survey – Same same but a little different
I still remember how a CGAP colleague and I wrote the first report on investment funds investing into microfinance. The task was not so easy since the real financial sector terminology and our donor-focused microfinance lingo was very much out of … Continue reading
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Tagged investment funds, research
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