Entries tagged with Latin America

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Increasing Poverty Outreach: Suggestions from Recent Research >
Anne Hastings
• 09/14/15
• Posted in Latin America, microfinance, poverty outreach
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Guest-blog by Anne Hastings, Executive Director, Microfinance CEO Working Group. Cross-posted from CFI-Accion.

At a time when microfinance has fallen out of favor in mainstream development circles and when investors are asking to see metrics showing the impact of their funding, it is especially important to base our discussions of poverty outreach on empirical research. Grameen Foundation and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) recently published a study that does just this. Factors Influencing Poverty Outreach Among Microfinance Institutions in Latin America (also available in Spanish) takes a close look at poverty outreach data from 14 microfinance institutions (MFIs) across six Latin American countries and is the first study of its kind in the region.

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Field Report: The PPI is Building Momentum in Latin America >
sergio.correa
• 12/19/12
• Posted in Latin America
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It is always exciting to attend an event where organizations that target entrepreneurs come together to resolve common problems and plan for the future, especially when those organizations have the altruistic mission to target poor entrepreneurs.

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NOTES FROM THE FIELD: PPI Training of Trainers in Central America  >
sergio.correa
• 02/17/11
• Posted in ASOMI, Catholic Relief Services, El Salvador, Latin America, MISION, poverty, ppi, REDCAMIF
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As the new Latin America and Caribbean PPI specialist for Grameen Foundation, I have just completed-- and helped facilitate-- my first Training of Trainers course in San Salvador, El Salvador. During the last few weeks, Mary Jo Kochendorfer and I have been preparing all the materials for the sessions while I learn as much as possible about the PPI.

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