Events

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Events

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Sep

14

12:00—1:30 PM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

Does Enforcing Loan Repayment Help or Hurt Poor Borrowers?

What is the welfare impact of a change in the level of enforcement in credit markets? An improvement in the judicial system that makes it easier for lender to pursue defaulting borrowers is an example of an improvement in enforcement. In contrast, a ...

Sep

14

10:00—11:30 AM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

Microfinance and Development: Learning What Policies Work, What Do Not, And Why

Microfinance is expanding at a breathtaking pace and reaching millions of poor people around the world. Yet millions more remain unserved. Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to microfinance, what are the impacts...

Sep

12

10:00—11:30 AM

Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

Improving Access to Financial Services in Latin America: What Works and What Doesn't?

Research shows that countries with better financial services experience faster economic growth. Provision of these services, however, has remained largely elusive. How can better access to financial services by small and medium size enterprises and o...

Jun

14

10:30—12:00 PM

Center for Global Development 1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Third Floor, Washington , D.C.

Using Smart Cards to "Bank" the Unbanked and Evaluate Programs

Schwarzbach will describe the Net1 card, a technology in use in South Africa and Namibia to deliver financial services to people who with limited bank access. The system is built around smart cards that provide both data storage and processing power,...

Mar

31

2:30—4:00 PM

Mobilizing Private Sector Capital for Microfinance Development

Johnathan Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, MicroCredit Enterprises, described a new, not-for-profit business model that leverages private capital to make microfinance loans in developing countries at this CGD seminar.

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