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Microlinks activities, resources, events, and knowledge-sharing opportunities cover a broad range of microenterprise development topics. The site's topic pages provide an aggregated view of what Microlinks has to offer in some of the industry's most active areas. Use the links below to explore offerings in Financial Services, Enterprise Development/Value Chain Development, and a variety of Cross-cutting Issues.

 
 

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Financial Services Resources
Low-income households and entrepreneurs need financial services to meet diverse business needs — savings, credit for working capital and investment, and payment services to carry out everyday commercial transactions. In addition, they and their families need access to diverse financial services for non-enterprise purposes. Read more and learn how to contribute to the discussion.

Credit
Housing
Insurance
Islamic Finance
Mobile Financial Services
Poverty Tools
Remittances
Risk Management
Rural and Agricultural Finance
Savings
SME Finance
Social Performance
Technology-based Solutions

Enterprise Development and Value Chain Resources
Enterprise development can promote economic growth with poverty reduction by sustainably linking large numbers of micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) into international, national, and/or local value chains. Read more and learn how to contribute to the discussion.

Business Enabling Environments
Competitiveness Strategy
Design and Implementation
End Markets
Horizontal Linkages
Monitoring and Evaluation
Supporting Markets
Upgrading
Value Chain Analysis
Value Chain Framework
Value Chain Governance
Value Chain Project Cycle
Value Chain Selection
Vertical Linkages

Cross-cutting Issues
In some cases, microenterprise development interventions must be tailored to populations facing particular hardships and shocks that undermine their economic security. These populations can include youth, as well as individuals and groups affected by conflict, HIV/AIDS, or disaster, among others. Follow the links below to read more and learn how to contribute to discussions around these topics.

Conflict
Diaspora
Disaster
Food Security
Gender
HIV/AIDS
Youth
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Tools for Mending Weak and Fractured Value Chains (Event Resources)
February 23, 2012
Curtis Hundley of DAI shares practical activities that can sustainably ignite private sector development where inter-firm trust is missing, business relationships are fragile, and commercial excess and market linkages are minimal.
FATF Guidance on Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Measures and Financial Inclusion
June 1, 2011
The Guidance reviews the different steps of the AML/CFT process and presents how the Standards can be read and interpreted to support financial inclusion.
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