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Do Credit Guarantee Schemes encourage banks to lend to SMEs?
A lack of access to adequate finance is one of the biggest constraints SMEs face worldwide. It is estimated that between 50% to 70% of SMEs in emerging markets are either not funded or under funded by the formal financial sector.
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Microfinance Companies in India Seek Life Support
With demonetization being the black swan event for the microfinance industry, players are hard-pressed as they reel under cash-flow issues.
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Juvo raises $40 million to bring financial inclusion to emerging markets
Juvo joins companies like Branch and Tala in bringing financial services to the underserved in developing markets.
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Press Release: New Report Details How Central Banks and Development Finance Institutions Try to Affect the World’s Environmental, Societal, and Financial Systems
Central Bank and Development Finance Institution Approaches to Investing in Global Systems analyzes six central banks (including two U.S. Federal Reserve System regional banks), seven DFIs, and one microfinance bank, all of which are known to be incorporating environmental, societal, or financial systems-level considerations into their programs.
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Boosting Gender Equality Through Entrepreneurship: A Q&A with Pro Mujer CEO Maria Cavalcanti
Maria Cavalcanti is president and CEO of Pro Mujer, one of the largest women’s development organizations in Latin America. In this Q&A, she discusses the changing nature of women entrepreneurship, the organization's embrace of technology and for-profit structures, and her ambitious plans to make Pro Mujer "a one-stop shop for empowerment for women in the region."
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Ford Foundation, ACA convene push for impact investing in Nigeria
Impact investing models have been deployed in developing and emerging economies to solve problems in various sectors, such as sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and microfinance. It has also been used to address such issues as affordable and accessible housing, healthcare, and education.
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Rural India Is Recovering From the Cash Ban
India’s micro-finance industry, which provides small loans to entrepreneurs and business owners who have little collateral, was slammed when the government withdrew high-denomination bank notes from circulation late last year in a bid to stamp out corruption.
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Micro credit: Good or bad for Uganda’s poor population?
The experts says the micro-credits are also geared mainly towards consumption and emergences rather than investments.
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