Have a look at the Exec Summary of the full text of #8 below on Afghanistan: it's a real breath of fresh air, calling a spade a spade, instead of the usual pablum written by/for the CGAP microcredit zealots! Tom Begin forwarded message: From: dgAlert@developmentgateway.org Date: November 19, 2007 7:58:19 AM PST (CA) To: plutob@shaw.ca Subject: Microfinance: 12 new items Content update - Microfinance on the Development Gateway ------------------------- 12 new resources have been added to Microfinance on the Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance Too much e-mail? See how to change your settings at the bottom of this message. -------------------------------------------------- 1. Report - Microinsurance Conference 2006 2. CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance 3. Microinsurance: Improving Risk Management for The Poor 4. Protecting the poor - A microinsurance compendium 5. Munich Re Foundation 6. Microinsurance aspects in agriculture 7. IRDA India 8. Microcredit, Informal Credit and Rural Livelihoods: A Village Case Study in Kabul Province 9. Finding the Money: Informal Credit Practices in Rural Afghanistan 10. The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 11. Citi-FT Financial Education Summit - December 6-7, Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India 12. Causes of Poverty ------------------------- 1. Report - Microinsurance Conference 2006 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119875?intcmp=700 From 21 to 23 November 2006, the Microinsurance Conference 2006 took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The Conference was jointly hosted by CGAP [Consultative Group to Assist the Poor] Working Group on Microinsurance and the Munich Re Foundation with the support ... Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 2. CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119878?intcmp=700 The CGAP WORKING GROUP ON MICROINSURANCE seeks to promote the development and proliferation of insurance services for low-income persons through stakeholder coordination and information sharing. Its main development activities include: Developing donor guidelines ... Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 3. Microinsurance: Improving Risk Management for The Poor http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119880?intcmp=700 This newsletter is published three times a year by ADA for the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance and presents key topics and experiences in microinsurance. The newsletter also includes updates on the Working Group's activities. Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 4. Protecting the poor - A microinsurance compendium http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119882?intcmp=700 "This authoritative compendium brings together the latest thinking of leading academics, actuaries, and insurance and development professionals in the microinsurance field.The result is a practical, wide-ranging resource which provides the most thorough overview ... Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 5. Munich Re Foundation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119885?intcmp=700 "Munich Re has been handling global risks for 125 years.Today, it possesses expertise and know-how in all fields of competence connected with the subject of risk. People are ultimately at the core of what the foundations work is all about. The foundations task ... Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 6. Microinsurance aspects in agriculture http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119891?intcmp=700 This new paper provides a short overview of the current discussions about agricultural insurance in developing countries. "Agricultural microinsurance in the context of this discussion paper involves the broad question of how low-income farmers close to or below ... Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 7. IRDA India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119893?intcmp=700 The mission of IRDA India is to protect the interests of the policyholders, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the insurance industry and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 8. Microcredit, Informal Credit and Rural Livelihoods: A Village Case Study in Kabul Province http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119907?intcmp=700 This case study is the first in a series of three to examine how the entry of microcredit (MC) into village and household economies in Afghanistan affects informal credit relations and livelihood outcomes, either directly or indirectly, through effects on the ... Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 9. Finding the Money: Informal Credit Practices in Rural Afghanistan http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119911?intcmp=700 Drawing from a detailed presentation of eight households case studies, and amplified with addition case material, a number of key conclusions can be drawn from the findings of this study. Source: AERU Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 10. The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1119914?intcmp=700 The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research organisation based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to conduct high-quality research that informs and influences policy and practice. AREU also actively promotes a culture of research and ... Contributed by Carmen Villegas Caballero on 12 November, 2007 11. Citi-FT Financial Education Summit - December 6-7, Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1120007?intcmp=700 This milestone event will be the largest of its kind aimed at boosting financial literacy, a critical life-skill that can help reduce poverty, stimulate entrepreneurship and wealth creation at all levels of society, and protect consumers and investors in turbulent ... Contributed by Patricia Cheung on 13 November, 2007 12. Causes of Poverty http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/ItemDetail.do~1120028?intcmp=700 Many developing nations are in debt and poverty partly due to the policies of international institutions like International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Their programs have been heavily criticized for many years for resulting in poverty. In addition ... Contributed by Sidy Sissoko on 14 November, 2007 ************************************** This alert is provided by the Development Gateway - your online platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration. Please help us sustain this important service by making a financial contribution today at (https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=7947). 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