USAID After Hours Seminar Series
Microfinance Learning and Innovations
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This seminar series, sponsored by USAID’s Microenterprise Development office, is a platform to disseminate knowledge and best practice in microfinance, as well as research conducted by USAID’s partners.

Note: Transcripts of all our screencasts () can be made available upon request. Please e-mail microlinks@microlinks.org to request a copy.

Upcoming Seminar: February 16, 2010 Evidence Based Analysis of Microfinance   Professor Esther Duflo,  MIT Moderator: Carissa Page, USAID  Additional details will be posted soon!   RSVP to this event	OTHER ONGOING EVENTS Linking Small Firms to Competitiveness Strategies: Breakfast Seminar Series [ TEXT ONLY ]
Recent Seminar: January 13, 2010 Screencast coming soon     Professor Ibrahim Warde of Tufts University presented on the topic of Microfinance and Islamic Finance at the 38th Microfinance Innovations After Hours Seminar held by USAID's Microenterprise Development office. The event was moderated by Carissa Page of USAID's MD Office.   Read more about After Hours #38 (text-only).

Past Seminars

 November 2009. Financing Clean Energy for the Bottom of the Pyramid: A Comparison of Approaches in India and Prospects for Replication. Mathew Chandy, Ella Delio and Elizabeth Isreal.
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October 2009. Strategic Considerations in Commercialization of Large-scale Microfinance Organizations: the Experience of the National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) in Pakistan . Dr. Rashid Bajwa, Jesse Fripp.
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September 2009. New Directions in Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluations in Microfinance. Geetha Nagarajan, Michael Ferguson, Nigel Biggar.
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July 2009. New Developments in Reporting Standards for the Microfinance Industry. Speakers: Ruth Dueck Mbeba, Steve Wardle, Blaine Stephens, Lynn Exton, Drew Tulchin. 
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June 2009. The Potential and Limitations of Index-based Weather Insurance: Mali & Peru. Speakers: Jerry Skees, Lena Heron. 
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April 2009. Are Remittances Still Resilient? Exploring the Impact of the Global Economic Downturn on Migration and Remittances. Speakers: Borany Penh, Kathleen Newland, Sanket Mohapatra, DeVere Kutscher. 
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Presentation

After Hours #28: The Role of Donors and the Crisis      The Role of Donors and the Crisis_Jan. 7, 2009.pps
After Hours #29: Coping with Price Spikes: The Impact of Food & Fuel Inflation on MFIs      Coping with Price Spikes_February 11, 2009.pdf
After Hours #30: Savings and the Crisis      Savings and the Crisis_March 10, 2009.pdf
After Hours #31: Remittances and the Crisis      Remittances and the Crisis_April 15, 2009.pdf
After Hours #32: The Potential and Limitations of Index-based Weather Insurance: Mali and Peru      
After Hours #33: New Developments in Reporting Standards for the Microfinance Industry      
After Hours #34: New Directions in Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluations in Microfinance      
After Hours #35: Strategic Considerations in Commercialization of Large-scale Microfinance Organizations: the Experience of the National Rural Support Programme, Pakistan      
After Hours #36: Financing Clean Energy for the Bottom of the Pyramid      
After Hours #37: Evaluating Risk Management in the Microfinance Community      
After Hours #38: Microfinance and Islamic Finance: The Nexus      
After Hours #39: Researching the Impacts of Microfinance      

Documents

Evaluating Risk Management in the MF Community Presentation    Combined AH presentations 12.9.09.pdf     Publication Date   12/2009      
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