OUR APPROACH
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"Microfinance is attracting funds from ever increasing sources. How can we best make use of these resources to build local financial markets that work for poor people? Our work aims to ensure that funds for microfinance are directed to the right places, and in the most effective manner." Alexia Latortue, Team Leader, Donors and Investors
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FUNDING LANDSCAPE
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CGAP seeks to improve the availability and quality of information on funding flows to microfinance to promote greater social and financial transparency.
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In 2006, the heads of 29 major development institutions endorsed the creation of an index that would measure and rate the way microfinance funders work. The SmartAid for Microfinance Index is CGAP’s effort to fulfill that commitment.
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What is SmartAid?
CGAP Features Archive
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NEWS AND EVENTS
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CGAP/MFMI Funder Training: The next CGAP/MFMI Funder Training, "Building Inclusive Financial Systems: How Can Funders Make a Difference?", will be held in Kigali, Rwanda, November 10-14.
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Governments Give Credit: Recent headlines show an increasing trend of government funding for retail microfinance. Where, how and why are governments getting so involved? A new CGAP study examines this phenomenon in the latest Microfinance Gateway Highlight, Governments Give Credit.
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MIV Roundtable on Responsible Finance: On June 19th 2008, CGAP organized a workshop aimed at improving the transparency of microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) on the non-financial bottom lines.
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GOOD PRACTICE STANDARDS
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CGAP uses its convening power to forge consensus on lessons learned and to develop good practice standards to move the industry forward.
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OPERATIONAL RESOURCES
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CGAP develops a range of resources to assist donors and investors in applying good practice standards and enhancing their skills in access to finance.
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FUNDER EFFECTIVENESS
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What does it take for donors and investors to fund microfinance effectively? CGAP strives to improve how funders support microfinance by focusing on the one thing they can change – their own way of working.
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