Transforming Development Organizations into Microfinance Operators

Microfinance has been touted as one of the most effective tools in providing financial access to the poor, and helping them move out of poverty. In most developing countries, non-government organizations providing microfinance services are considered informal service providers. They are not regulated and government agencies in most cases acquiesced and allow them to operate…

Clarifying Leadership, Governance and Management

For the past three months since May 2012, a series of seminars on leadership and governance were conducted for officers of microfinance institutions in Vietnam. The course was aimed at helping the participants clarify governance, leadership and management functions and be able to delineate roles of various positions in the structure of their institutions. At…