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Number 92, February 2012
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A Mía customer, a young girl, stands at a counter at Banco Adopem. Photo credit: Womens World Banking
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Note From the Dominican Republic: Empowering Girls and their Communities Through Savings

Ana Laura opened her first savings account in April 2011. She recognizes that the bank not only provides more security than keeping her money at home, but she is also less tempted to spend it. Ana Laura is only 13 years old. Recognizing the potential impact of providing girls with access to financial services, Women’s World Banking created a program to design and deliver savings products and financial education to girls and young women.

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Current Stories

An African man and woman are shown walking through a field, arms raised in celebration. Credit: ACDI/VOCA
Lightbulb Icon USAID session on VCD for very poor

Building upon the recent Pathways out of Poverty e-Consultation and case studies, USAID is hosting a session on reaching the very poor through value chain development (VCD) at its upcoming learning event.
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Group of colleagues celebrate together in the sunset. Credit: Bjorn Heidenstrom (Flickr)
Event Icon Voice after exit: Diaspora advocacy

On February 15, a panel of experts will discuss how diasporas use various means to influence governments in their home and settlement countries, international organizations, mass media, and potential allies.
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Khet Kieng, a leading fingerling producer, explains to pond fish raisers from other provinces how to choose fish varieties to raise. Photo credit: DAI
Breakfast Seminar Icon Tools for mending fractured value chains

On February 23, Curtis Hundley of DAI will share practical activities that can sustainably ignite the private sector development where trust is missing, business relationships are fragile, and market linkages are minimal.
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A young man shows his neighbors practical applications on his ICT device. Image credit: FHI360
Project Icon Solution to ICT and ag development woes

Increasingly, agriculture and rural development projects are incorporating ICTs to enhance beneficiary impact. Yet despite their potential, successful interventions using new technology have often proved elusive until now.
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Winning Photo: Harvesting salt in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Photo credit: Ngo Quang Phuc   Winners of the 2011 microfinance photography contest

With over 2,000 entries from amateur and professional photographers in more than 70 countries, this was the most competitive year to date for CGAP’s microfinance photo contest. View the winners now.
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This diagram shows a house, divided into three segments. These are labeled as household, value chain, and non-farm enterprise. In the middle is money, with arrows going out to each of these three segments. Credit: ACDI/VOCA   USAID releases “Rural and Agricultural Finance” stock-taking

This January, USAID released “Rural and Agricultural Finance,” a framework and stock-taking of five years of innovations in financial services related to value chains, households, and non-farm enterprises.
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seToolbelt logo. Credit: Virtue Ventures   seToolbelt hosts a resource competition

seToolbelt—an open content resource hub that helps social entrepreneurs plan, launch, manage, and grow successful social enterprises—is launching a new contest to collect practical and innovative tools.
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An Eko outlet store in South Delhi uses the existing mobile network to offer low cost financial services. Photo credit: Marco Gualazzini   Financial services for the poor: 2011 reflections

CGAP CEO Tilman Ehrbeck reflects on the field of financial inclusion in 2011, noting a broader vision which recognizes that financial services ultimately are a means for improving household welfare.
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Webinar Icon   Household economic strengthening webinar
Supported by PEPFAR, OVCsupport.net is hosting a series of webinars on prominent topics relevant to orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC). The first webinar will be held on February 23 and will discuss household economic strengthening.
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Submission Icon   Calling all stakeholders: How to prevent over-indebtedness
How do we know clients are over-indebted if they are still making payments on their loans? Read the new Microfinance Voice article and add your own comments.
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Lightbulb Icon   Microinsurance innovation to create client value
Most MFI microinsurance programs start with offering basic coverage, but new resources from the Microinsurance Innovation Facility show the importance of using innovation to increase client value.
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Additional Highlights

Women's urban health program in India. Photo credit: USAID
Microcredit and health

Microcredit Summit Campaign and Freedom from Hunger will work together to benefit 3.7 million of the world’s poor by combining microfinance and health.		   A young apprentice practices on the chalkboard during a numeracy training session. Photo credit: MEDA/ASF
Afghan apprentices

The Afghanistan Secure Futures project engages apprentices and informal sector small enterprises to improve economic opportunities for vulnerable youth.

 		   Ethiopian businesswoman stands in front of digital stock ticker. Credit: Pete Lewis/DFID (Flickr)
Analyzing MIVs

MicroRate recently launched Luminis, an analytical web platform focused on microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) to assist investor decision-making.


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