Africa: Fearless Fund Expands to Africa...Launches Microfinance Fund in Ghana: [Ghanaian Times] Fearless fund, the world's first venture capital firm built by women of colour for women of colour, and a global leader in economic inclusion, has announced its official expansion into africa with the launch of the Fearless Microfinance Fund in ghana. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQtGBD #Africa #EmpowerWomen #Microfinance #VentureCapital #EconomicInclusion

The #EU 🇪🇺 & ACGF have launched the second phase of MALA programme, investing €15M to transform access to finance.

By strengthening the #microfinance sector, we ensure MSMEs-esp. women-led & agricultural firms can access the capital needed to grow.

Read: https://shorturl.at/Af8Kt

Source: EUinAfghanistan (@EUinAfghanistan)
[ https://x.com/EUinAfghanistan/status/2016825874918625323 ]

#Afghanistan

M-CRIL, an Indian consultancy which provides impact assessments to microfinance players, has published an upbeat overall view of the benefits of #microfinance to borrowers.

Their new paper says that there’s little evidence that a wave of suicides in India’s Andhra Pradesh in 2010 is attributable to microfinance borrowing because the state has shown high farmer suicide rates over the long term.

That’s a little too easy, I argue on The Dark Side of Development.

https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/microfinance-and-indian-farming-suicides

Microfinance and Indian farming suicides

M-CRIL’s assessment at odds with local research

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Hier une farce, aujourd’hui une tragédie : le retour de l’Autorité de régulation de la microfinance et du crédit
https://mcinformactions.net/hier-une-farce-aujourd-hui-une-tragedie-le-retour-de-l-autorite-de-regulation
#microcredit #microfinance #credit #pretsabusifs
Hier une farce, aujourd'hui une tragédie : le retour de l'Autorité de régulation de la microfinance et du crédit - [mcInform@ctions]

Le projet de loi sur la réglementation de la microfinance et du crédit, qui avait été rejeté en avril 2024 par les communautés touchées par...

#Srilanka: The #Microfinance Trap, Exploitation of Women and Its Consequences

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"The 2.4 million Sri Lankan women caught in this system cannot simply be robbed—that would be theft. Instead, they are bound by contracts that make their dispossession appear voluntary, even virtuous."

@monlarsl @nyeleni

https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/srilanka-the-microfinance-trap-exploitation-of-women-and-its-consequences/

Srilanka: The Microfinance Trap, Exploitation of Women and Its Consequences

The 2.4 million Sri Lankan women caught in this system cannot simply be robbed—that would be theft. Instead, they are bound by contracts that make their dispossession appear voluntary, even virtuous.

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Chương trình "Trao quyền cho phụ nữ" giai đoạn 2025–2026 do BAT Việt Nam phối hợp cùng Hội Liên hiệp Phụ nữ Tây Ninh triển khai tiếp tục giải ngân vốn vay không lãi suất, hỗ trợ phụ nữ phát triển sinh kế, tạo tác động xã hội tích cực và bền vững.

#Microfinance #WomenEmpowerment #SocialImpact #BATVietnam #PhụNữ #TínDụngViMô #TraoQuyềnChoPhụNữ #PhátTriểnBềnVững #SocialGood

https://vtcnews.vn/chuong-trinh-von-vay-khong-lai-suat-tao-tac-dong-xa-hoi-tich-cuc-va-ben-vung-ar986941.html

Chương trình vốn vay không lãi suất tạo tác động xã hội tích cực và bền vững

BAT Việt Nam tiếp tục phối hợp cùng HLH Phụ nữ Tây Ninh tổ chức giải ngân vốn vay không lãi suất trong chương trình “Trao quyền cho phụ nữ” giai đoạn 2025-2026.

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Delving into its registration & required documents is crucial.

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Điều kỳ diệu từ 5.000đ/tuần: 1 tổ chức tài chính vi mô VN đã huy động 2.300 tỷ đồng, giúp hàng trăm nghìn phụ nữ thoát nghèo, tỷ lệ nợ xấu gần bằng 0. Sức mạnh tiết kiệm nhỏ, tích lũy lớn!

#TietKiemNho #GiaiCap #PhuNuVietNam #TaiChinhViMo #KinhTeVietnam #PovertyAlleviation #FinancialInclusion #Microfinance #WomenEmpowerment #SmallStepsBigResults

https://vietnamnet.vn/dieu-ky-dieu-cua-viec-nhan-gui-tiet-kiem-tu-5-000-dong-2457944.html

Điều kỳ diệu của việc nhận gửi tiết kiệm từ 5.000 đồng

Từ mức huy động tối thiểu chỉ 5.000 đồng/người, một tổ chức tài chính vi mô tại Việt Nam đã gây dựng nguồn vốn 2.300 tỷ đồng, giúp hàng trăm nghìn phụ nữ thoát nghèo - với tỷ lệ nợ xấu gần như bằng 0.

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