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.
Recent Seminar: August 30, 2010 "Commercialization Amid Conflict: Microfinance Sector Development in the West Bank and Gaza" Timothy Nourse, Chief of Party Expanded and Sustained Access to Financial Services (ESAF) | OTHER ONGOING EVENTS |
Past Seminar: July 19, 2010 Greta Greathouse, Chief of Party of the World Council of Credit Union's HIFIVE Project, presented "Rebuilding Haiti: The Critical Role of MFIs and Credit Unions" at the 43rd Microfinance Innovations After Hours Seminar held by USAID's Microenterprise Development office. The event was moderated by Jessica DeVreeze of USAID. Read more about Seminar #43 (text-only). |
Past Seminars
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June 2010. What Control Groups Can't Tell You: Mocrofinance and Women's Empowerment. Mary Ellen Iskenderian, Women's World Banking; moderated by Carissa Page.Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
May 2010. Tea and Money: A Study of Customary Finance in Afghanistan. Qiamuddin Amiry, The Fletcher School; moderated by Carissa Page.Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
April 2010. Microfinance: Learning What Works, What Does Not and Why. Professor Dean Karlan, Yale University; moderated by Carissa Page. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
February 2010. Evaluating the Impact of Microfinance. Professor Esther Duflo, MIT; moderated by Don Sillers. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
January 2010. Microfinance and Islamic Finance: The Nexus. Professor Ibrahim Warde, Tufts University; moderated by Carissa Page. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
December 2009. Evaluating Risk Management in the Microfinance Community through Tools, Case Studies and Guiding Principles. Pam Brown, Brian Cox and Robert Mora; moderated by Thomas Debass. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
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.
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. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
September 2009. New Directions in Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluations in Microfinance. Geetha Nagarajan, Michael Ferguson, Nigel Biggar. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
July 2009. New Developments in Reporting Standards for the Microfinance Industry. Speakers: Ruth Dueck Mbeba, Steve Wardle, Blaine Stephens, Lynn Exton, Drew Tulchin. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
June 2009. The Potential and Limitations of Index-based Weather Insurance: Mali & Peru. Speakers: Jerry Skees, Lena Heron. Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
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.
Click on the headphones icon to access this screencast. For more information and additional resources, click here (text-only).
March 2009. Savings and the Crisis. Speakers: Jamie Zimmerman, Mary-Ellen Iskenderian, John Ikeda, Jeff Ashe.
February 2009.
Coping with Price Spikes: The Impact of Food and Fuel Inflation on MFIs. Speakers: Thomas Debass, Tanir Helayel, Peter Siu.January 2009.
The Role of Donors and the Crisis. Speakers: Conan French, Kate McKee, Sandra Adams, Dennis Ripley. 1 | 2  Page 1 of 2 |
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: Evaluating the Impact of Microfinance
After Hours #40: Microfinance: Learning What Works, What Does Not and Why
After Hours #41: Tea and Money: A Study of Customary Finance in Afghanistan
After Hours #42: What Control Groups Can't Tell You: Microfinance and Women's Empowerment Iskenderian Powerpoint - USAID June 9 2010.pdf
After Hours #43: Rebuilding Haiti: the Critical Role of MFIs and Credit Unions
After Hours #44: Commercialization Amid Conflict: Microfinance Sector Development in the West Bank and Gaza
After Hours #45: Turning from Credit to Savings: Current Innovations in Microsavings from Around the World 
Commercialization Amid Conflict
MF in WBG - AfterhoursPresentation.pptx Publication Date August 30, 2010
Haiti HIFIVE After Hours Presentation
Haiti HIFIVE After Hours Presentation Greta 7_19_10 [Compatibility Mode].pdf Publication Date 7/2010
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