Microfinance Research and Information
Program
- General microfinance
- Islamic finance
- Middle East microfinance
- Palestinian microfinance
- For microfinance professionals
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General microfinance
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
- UNCDF Microfinance "Documents & Reports" Web page
- "Microfinance in the Arab States: Building inclusive financial sectors"
(pdfs in Arabic and English)
- "Supporting Women's Livelihoods: Microfinance that Works for the Majority -- A Guide to Best Practices"
(html and pdf; English only)
- "Innovating from Experience -- Gender Initiatives in Microfinance"
(html and pdf; English only)
- "Increasing Access and Benefits for Women -- Practices and Innovations among Microfinance Institutions"
(html and pdf; English only)
CGAP: The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
- "Key Principles of Microfinance"
(html and pdf; English and Arabic)
- "Financial Transparency" publications and other resources
(one website and twelve pdfs; English only)
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Islamic finance
Sanabel,
the Microfinance Network of Arab Countries
(English and Arabic)
- "Conference
Documents" from the first-annual
Sanabel conference
- "Micro
Credit Through 'Bai-Muajjal' Mode of Islamic Banking Financing System"
by Dr. Mohammed N. Alam
(pdf; English only)
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Middle East microfinance
TheMIX
- Microfinance Information Xchange
- "Benchmarking
Arab Microfinance"
(pdf; English only)
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Palestinian microfinance
Microfinance
in Palestine in 2005: Overview of Impact and Potential; Recommendations
to the Main Actors of the Sector
- Research funded by the Center
for International Development at Harvard University and the Women
and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) of Harvard’s John
F. Kennedy School of Government, through the Nancy Germeshausen
Klavans Cultural Bridge Fellowship. Conducted by Luc Roullet for Israel/Palestine
Center for Research and Information (IPCRI). According to its website, “IPCRI,
founded in Jerusalem in 1988, is the only joint Israeli-Palestinian
public policy think-tank in the world. It is devoted to developing
practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
(pdf; English only)
Economic Research Forum For The Arab Countries, Iran & Turkey
- "Women’s Informal Employment in Palestine: Securing a Livelihood Against All Odds" by Simel Esim and Eileen Kuttab
(pdf; English only)
The World Bank Group Africa Region Working Paper Series
- "Microfinance Institutions' Response in Conflict Environments" featuring "West Bank and Gaza - Palestine for Credit and Development" by Marilyn S. Manalo
(pdf; English only)
MEDA Project: Micro Finance at the University
- "Publications"
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For microfinance professionals
Microfin
software
"Microfin is a sophisticated Microsoft Excel spreadsheet which
has been designed to assist Micro Finance Institutions in developing
detailed financial projections to accompany their business plans."
- Microfin.com
(pdf; English only)
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