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http://www.grameen-info.org With the slogan ‘Banking for the Poor’, G rameen Bank (GB) of Bangladesh is one of the pioneers of the micro-credit movement and served as a model for countries not only in the developing world, but also micro-credit for the poor in developed countries. It has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral.
Related sites: Grameen Foundation, USA (www.gfusa.org), www.grameenfoundation.org http://www.micro-creditsummit.org/ Micro-credit Summit Campaign is working to ensure that 100 million of the world's poorest families, especially the women of those families, receive credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the year 2005. E.mail:
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http://www.bwtp.org/ The Banking With The Poor Network is a network of some 20 national policy institutions, commercial banks and NGOs from eight countries in Asia -- namely Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Its objective is to link micro-finance with the financial system. http://www.m-cril.com/ Micro-Credit Ratings International Ltd (M-CRIL) was established to facilitate the flow of commercial funds into micro-finance through both debt and equity instruments. M-CRIL is a specialised rating and micro-finance research agency that has pioneered and successfully introduced ratings of micro-finance institutions (MFIs) in Asia. It is dedicated to bridging the information gap between MFIs and the formal financial sector in Asia. www.unitus.com Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its mission is to empower the world’s poorest people to improve their own lives through micro-finance. Unitus helps micro-finance institutions (MFIs) reach millions more people. The site houses an excellent online library: http://www.unitus.com/resource_mflibrary.asp www.uncdf.org The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the policy advisory and technical assistance centre for micro-finance for the United Nations Development Programme Group (www.undp.org) www.cgap.org The Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) is a consortium of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, notably the World Bank, that support micro-finance. www.microfinancegateway.org The Microfinance Gateway offers resource centres on specific topics in micro-finance, a searchable library of electronic documents, a consultant database, a jobs listing service, and specialised discussion groups. www.mixmarket.org The MIX Market strives to facilitate exchange and investment flows, promote transparency and improve reporting standards in the micro-finance industry. www.seepnetwork.org The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion Network is an association of North American organisations that support small enterprise programmes in the developing world. www.sidbi.com Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), an apex financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of small-scale industries in India, has launched a major project christened the SIDBI Foundation for Micro-Credit (SFMC). www.nabard.org The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), India, was set up in 1982 under an Act of Parliament as a development bank to provide and regulate credit and other facilities for the promotion and development of agriculture, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other allied economic activities in rural areas with a view to “promoting integrated rural development and securing prosperity of rural areas”. www.rmk.org The Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) or the National Credit Fund for Women was set up in March 1993 as an independent registered society by the Department of Women & Child Development in the Government of India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development to provide micro-credit to poor women for income-generation activities or for asset creation. www.sksindia.com Swayam Krishi Sangam's mission is to empower the poorest of the poor to become self-reliant through a community-owned grameen (village) banking programme that provides poor women loans for both income-generating activities as well as for emergencies.
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