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2010 Annual Conference and General Assembly
from 05/10/2010 to 09/10/2010
Accra, Ghana
From October 5th to 9th, 2010, the Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) will organize its 9th Annual Conference on the theme "Access to Financial Services: Reaching the Poor and Excluded"....
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Microfinance Regulation and Supervision
Regulating and supervising microfinance has become increasingly important as microfinance activities have grown throughout the world. In the past, microfinance was typically provided by a limited number of semi-formal and informal actors, including not-for-profit institutions, cooperatives, moneylenders, and other informal groups. Today, microfinance providers include multinational banks and other large deposit-taking financial institutions.
The telecommunications revolution is also opening the door to microfinance for other entities. Mobile network operators and payment service providers are starting to offer small-value electronic services to poor clients. Ordinary people are using online companies such as Kiva and Microplace to invest in microenterprises on the other side of the world.
Microfinance needs to integrate into the formal financial system to reach the hundreds of millions of people who still lack access to affordable financial services. However, the formalization of microfinance faces many challenges. Microfinance products have different costs and risk profiles from other financial products, so laws and regulations may need to be adjusted accordingly. Formal institutions must comply with many laws and regulations that are aimed at ensuring institutional and financial system strength and soundness, safeguarding customers’ deposits, preventing consumer fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing, and proper disclosure of product costs and terms.
Resources :
Making Insurance Markets Work for the Poor: Microinsurance Policy, Regulation and Supervision - Philippines Case Study
Llanto, G., Geron, M. & Almario, J., CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, 2009 Formalizing informal microinsurance market through regulation in the Philippines
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Making Insurance Markets Work for the Poor: Microinsurance Policy, Regulation and Supervision – India Case Study
Sinha, S. & Sagar, S., CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, 2009 Impact of regulation on the microinsurance market in India
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Making Insurance Markets Work for the Poor: Microinsurance Policy, Regulation and Supervision - Uganda Case Study
Smith, A., Hendrie, S., Bester, H. & Rukondo, M., CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, 2009 Role of regulation in development of microinsurance market in Uganda
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Making Insurance Markets Work for the Poor: Microinsurance Policy, Regulation and Supervision - Colombia Case Study
Cáceres, M. & Zuluaga, S., CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, 2009 Analyzing the role of regulation in microinsurance market development in Colombia
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Access to Finance: Microcredit and Branchless Banking in The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Abbassi, A., Khaled, M., Prochaska, K. & Tarazi, M., CGAP, 2009 Analyzing regulatory environment for branchless banking
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