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01-16-2001, 03:24 AM
Dear Community Development Bankers!
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15 January 2001
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Alexandria Business Association
Sites
Publications
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Pick of the Week
Alexandria Business Association
Alexandria Business Association (ABA) was started in 1989 by local businessmen and the USAID in Egypt. USAID provides financial and technical services to ABA which uses the funds to finance existing small and micro businesses in Alexandria and Kafr El-Sheikh. In conjunction with those financial services, ABA also offers consulting, training and technical assistance. All loans are given on an individual basis only, and initial loans are only given for working capital.
http://www.aba-sme.com (http://www.aba-sme.com/)
cid:117225216@15012001-3057*Sites
http://www.afdb.org/home.html
The African Development Bank (ADB) is the premier financial development institution of Africa, dedicated to combating poverty and improving the lives of people of the continent. The ADB supports numerous microfinance initiatives throughout Africa. Their website contains: information on the bank's activities, news updates, Country Fact Sheets, official publications and a list of job opportunities at the ADB. cid:117225216@15012001-3057*Publications
The Material Condition for Microenterprise in the United States and the Third World
This paper is a review of evidence on the effects of the material conditions for microenterprise in the US and Third World. It shows that while microenterprise does work for a few extraordinary low-income people, wage employment, additional education and job training are still the most common paths out of poverty. The analysis shows that:
-U.S. microenterprise programs face challenges unknown in the third world
-Abundant wage jobs and a safety net decrease the push toward self-employment
-Even small ventures are complex and must comply with regulations, pay taxes, and compete in global markets
-Group loans do not work well in the United States, and private lenders take the best individual borrowers
It concludes that microenterprise for the poor is more difficult in the United States.
Author: Mark Schreiner, St. Louis: Center for Social Development, Washington University (2000)
Download the full version of this paper at: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/users/csd/workingpapers/wp00-2.pdf
cid:117225216@15012001-3057*Events
Internal Control for Microbanking organised by the Bank Rakyat Indonesia, 19 - 23 March 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) International Visitor Program was established in June 1996 under a partnership agreement between BRI and USAID (United States Agency for International Development). The program is designed to allow visitors from overseas to learn and conduct a comparative study of the success of the BRI Unit banking system. The International Visitor Program of BRI currently conducts various visit programs, in-class training programs and on the job training and consultancy services related to microfinance practices especially involving the working poor.
Contact: ivp@bri.co.id (ivp@bri.co.id) for more information visit:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/cgap/download/BRI.htm
PlaNet Library Team
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Please find attached this weeks Library News.**This is the last issue which we will post on this list.* To subscribe please email plibrary@planetfinance.org (plibrary@planetfinance.org)*(also available in French and Spanish).
*
We welcome your suggestions.
*
Sincerely,
The PlaNet Library Team
*
* cid:117225216@15012001-3050
*
15 January 2001
*
Alexandria Business Association
Sites
Publications
Events cid:117225216@15012001-3057*Institutions
Pick of the Week
Alexandria Business Association
Alexandria Business Association (ABA) was started in 1989 by local businessmen and the USAID in Egypt. USAID provides financial and technical services to ABA which uses the funds to finance existing small and micro businesses in Alexandria and Kafr El-Sheikh. In conjunction with those financial services, ABA also offers consulting, training and technical assistance. All loans are given on an individual basis only, and initial loans are only given for working capital.
http://www.aba-sme.com (http://www.aba-sme.com/)
cid:117225216@15012001-3057*Sites
http://www.afdb.org/home.html
The African Development Bank (ADB) is the premier financial development institution of Africa, dedicated to combating poverty and improving the lives of people of the continent. The ADB supports numerous microfinance initiatives throughout Africa. Their website contains: information on the bank's activities, news updates, Country Fact Sheets, official publications and a list of job opportunities at the ADB. cid:117225216@15012001-3057*Publications
The Material Condition for Microenterprise in the United States and the Third World
This paper is a review of evidence on the effects of the material conditions for microenterprise in the US and Third World. It shows that while microenterprise does work for a few extraordinary low-income people, wage employment, additional education and job training are still the most common paths out of poverty. The analysis shows that:
-U.S. microenterprise programs face challenges unknown in the third world
-Abundant wage jobs and a safety net decrease the push toward self-employment
-Even small ventures are complex and must comply with regulations, pay taxes, and compete in global markets
-Group loans do not work well in the United States, and private lenders take the best individual borrowers
It concludes that microenterprise for the poor is more difficult in the United States.
Author: Mark Schreiner, St. Louis: Center for Social Development, Washington University (2000)
Download the full version of this paper at: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/users/csd/workingpapers/wp00-2.pdf
cid:117225216@15012001-3057*Events
Internal Control for Microbanking organised by the Bank Rakyat Indonesia, 19 - 23 March 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) International Visitor Program was established in June 1996 under a partnership agreement between BRI and USAID (United States Agency for International Development). The program is designed to allow visitors from overseas to learn and conduct a comparative study of the success of the BRI Unit banking system. The International Visitor Program of BRI currently conducts various visit programs, in-class training programs and on the job training and consultancy services related to microfinance practices especially involving the working poor.
Contact: ivp@bri.co.id (ivp@bri.co.id) for more information visit:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/cgap/download/BRI.htm
PlaNet Library Team
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