The Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) aims to unleash women's economic potential through enabling more women's businesses to access finance. AFAWA plans to mobilize $300 million for financial intermediaries by 2020 through partnerships to support African financial systems. It will measure the impact of increasing access to affordable and accessible financing for women-owned businesses in sub-Saharan Africa, which currently face a credit gap of $21-26 billion. AFAWA aligns with the African Development Bank's strategies related to gender, private sector development, financial sector development, and governance.
Valadus is a nonprofit strategy consulting firm that allows consultants to collaborate on pro bono projects helping underserved groups. As an engagement manager at Valadus, one would lead projects for nonprofit clients, manage a team of 2-3 analysts, and own senior client relationships. An example project summarized is developing a new membership strategy for the Boston Housing Authority to address an imbalance in tenant demographics. Valadus has driven impact for organizations like homeless shelters and medical student associations. The presentation concludes by noting Valadus seeks to expand its team and projects to further scale its impact nationally.
This document summarizes a survey of members of the FPAC Collaboration. It finds that most members have been involved for less than two years. Though members have a variety of skills, nearly half are unclear of the group's goals. It recommends that FPAC complete a planning tool to define goals, provide educational workshops for members, diversify participation, and rethink its working groups.
This presentation shares and reflects on the practical implications of the design choices made around standards of rigor, inclusiveness and feasibility in the impact evaluation of the IFAD-funded Root & Tuber Improvement and Marketing Program (RTIMP) in Ghana. The approach used in this evaluation was developed with support from IFAD and the BMGF to assess and explain the impact of program/project investments on rural poverty in a collaborative and participatory manner.
This study investigated the impact of microfinance institutions on women entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study examined how microcredit helps reduce poverty and empower women by providing financing to overcome obstacles like lack of funds. The study surveyed 45 women borrowers from a microcredit institution to understand their businesses, financing sources, training, loans, costs and profits. Despite enhanced roles and contributions to households, the women still faced challenges like inadequate loan sizes, lack of time, technology and markets that reduced their productivity compared to their potential. Overall, the study found that microcredit schemes help reduce urban poverty and empower women by giving them a voice in family decisions.
KC Health Collaborative: Catalyzing Local Collaboration to Improve Health and...KC Digital Drive
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The group held 6 meetings and created a mailing list of 150 stakeholders. They developed a regional goal of advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem for women-owned businesses in Phoenix. They have started mapping resources and stakeholders, researching existing data, and developing 3 key action initiatives. The objective is to increase profitability and growth of women-owned businesses in Phoenix to create an additional 91,000 jobs over the next 3 years. Upcoming next steps include completing a stakeholder survey and reviewing proposals.
This document outlines the key components of an effective fundraising and resource mobilization strategy. It discusses why organizations fundraise, common impediments, and recommends developing a SWOT analysis, understanding funding streams and donor matrix. It also provides guidance on creating compelling organizational descriptions and required documentation. Finally, it outlines the various sections that should be included when developing funding proposals and letters of inquiry, as well as tips for ensuring high quality submissions.
The Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) aims to unleash women's economic potential through enabling more women's businesses to access finance. AFAWA plans to mobilize $300 million for financial intermediaries by 2020 through partnerships to support African financial systems. It will measure the impact of increasing access to affordable and accessible financing for women-owned businesses in sub-Saharan Africa, which currently face a credit gap of $21-26 billion. AFAWA aligns with the African Development Bank's strategies related to gender, private sector development, financial sector development, and governance.
Valadus is a nonprofit strategy consulting firm that allows consultants to collaborate on pro bono projects helping underserved groups. As an engagement manager at Valadus, one would lead projects for nonprofit clients, manage a team of 2-3 analysts, and own senior client relationships. An example project summarized is developing a new membership strategy for the Boston Housing Authority to address an imbalance in tenant demographics. Valadus has driven impact for organizations like homeless shelters and medical student associations. The presentation concludes by noting Valadus seeks to expand its team and projects to further scale its impact nationally.
This document summarizes a survey of members of the FPAC Collaboration. It finds that most members have been involved for less than two years. Though members have a variety of skills, nearly half are unclear of the group's goals. It recommends that FPAC complete a planning tool to define goals, provide educational workshops for members, diversify participation, and rethink its working groups.
This presentation shares and reflects on the practical implications of the design choices made around standards of rigor, inclusiveness and feasibility in the impact evaluation of the IFAD-funded Root & Tuber Improvement and Marketing Program (RTIMP) in Ghana. The approach used in this evaluation was developed with support from IFAD and the BMGF to assess and explain the impact of program/project investments on rural poverty in a collaborative and participatory manner.
This study investigated the impact of microfinance institutions on women entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study examined how microcredit helps reduce poverty and empower women by providing financing to overcome obstacles like lack of funds. The study surveyed 45 women borrowers from a microcredit institution to understand their businesses, financing sources, training, loans, costs and profits. Despite enhanced roles and contributions to households, the women still faced challenges like inadequate loan sizes, lack of time, technology and markets that reduced their productivity compared to their potential. Overall, the study found that microcredit schemes help reduce urban poverty and empower women by giving them a voice in family decisions.
KC Health Collaborative: Catalyzing Local Collaboration to Improve Health and...KC Digital Drive
The document discusses opportunities for collaboration through the KC Health Collaborative (KCHC) to improve healthcare in the Kansas City region. The KCHC brings together stakeholders from various sectors to work on initiatives like enhancing social needs referral networks and improving data sharing through health information exchanges. Specific opportunities mentioned include making referral networks more integrated, compensating community organizations for meeting patient needs, and developing a roadmap for stronger collaboration between regional health information exchanges. The KCHC aims to promote data-driven partnerships to improve access to high-quality, affordable healthcare.
The group held 6 meetings and created a mailing list of 150 stakeholders. They developed a regional goal of advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem for women-owned businesses in Phoenix. They have started mapping resources and stakeholders, researching existing data, and developing 3 key action initiatives. The objective is to increase profitability and growth of women-owned businesses in Phoenix to create an additional 91,000 jobs over the next 3 years. Upcoming next steps include completing a stakeholder survey and reviewing proposals.
This document outlines the key components of an effective fundraising and resource mobilization strategy. It discusses why organizations fundraise, common impediments, and recommends developing a SWOT analysis, understanding funding streams and donor matrix. It also provides guidance on creating compelling organizational descriptions and required documentation. Finally, it outlines the various sections that should be included when developing funding proposals and letters of inquiry, as well as tips for ensuring high quality submissions.
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This background paper highlights the current situation regarding gender responsive financial inclusion in Africa. It also highlights the key barriers that contribute towards creating and sustaining the gender gap in financial inclusion, including collateral challenges; the gender-blind approach to financial inclusion by financial institutions; asset ownership challenges among women; uncompetitive and high interest rates and bank charges offered by financial institutions; poor documentation and business history for accessing financial loan products by women entrepreneurs; challenges of formalization of businesses by women entrepreneurs among others. The paper also outlines concrete actions that all stakeholders and duty bearers should take to address the gender gap in financial inclusion in Africa.
This paper reports that financial inclusion for women, specifically access and usage of financial services and products is increasingly attracting great attention. Research and data reveal a trend in reducing the gender gap in access to and utilization of financial services with the introduction of digital literacy and mobile financial services and products in Africa. Although women are lagging behind men, women’s participation in financial inclusion has improved economic growth and better living standards in society. A synopsis is given of entrepreneurship and financial inclusion in Africa and of the methods through which financially excluded women could explore to improve their participation and benefit. Financial position and participation of women in financial inclusion were the focus of discussions by different actors, women entrepreneurs and stakeholders in a workshop gathering at the SEED Africa symposium held in Nairobi in 2016. The substance of the background paper is drawn from those discussions. The emerging good practices and innovative solutions together with the valued comments from participants are published herewith.
Bal-Mahila Vikas Samiti : VAMA impact study of Micro Finance initiatives by S...Nishant Doorwar
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Microfinance is a proven way of alleviating poverty through the 'virtuous spirals' of economic empowerment, increased well-being and social and political equality that it fosters among women.
DFID and World Bank are setting up a new facility, known as MICFAC, to help increase the access to microfinance services - such as loans, savings, insurance and money transfer services - for the poor of Sub-Saharan Africa.
How can we do this best? Find out more about the facility then have your say in our consultation at:
http://consultation.dfid.gov.uk/microfinance2010
The document proposes establishing the Microfinance Capacity Building Facility for Sub Saharan Africa (MICFAC) to address significant capacity constraints facing the microfinance sector in SSA. MICFAC would focus on building human and organizational capacity of microfinance providers and capacity builders through regional approaches like strengthening training centers, supporting expansion of successful providers, and grants for skills development, new products, and technology improvements to increase outreach and quality of financial services in the region. The proposed facility aims to develop sustainable microfinance markets through long-term capacity building that leverages private sector participation and addresses both supply and demand constraints.
This document summarizes a presentation on designing and implementing agricultural innovation funds. It discusses lessons learned from past issues with funding agricultural research, including a lack of coordination and too many fragmented activities. It then discusses value chain financing as an improved approach, highlighting tools like identifying financing needs, tailoring financial products to participants, and using value chain knowledge to mitigate risks. However, it notes that private businesses may lack the ability or willingness to develop proposals required to access such funding.
This document provides guidance on pilot testing financial and non-financial services for youth in sub-Saharan Africa based on lessons learned from UNCDF's YouthStart program. It discusses key considerations for planning a pilot test, including forming a pilot team, setting objectives, developing appropriate policies and procedures, and monitoring progress. It also outlines best practices and challenges from implementing the pilots, such as effective marketing, flexible product design, and ensuring staff and partner coordination. The goal is to help other organizations improve financial inclusion for youth through well-planned and executed pilot programs.
The document discusses microfinance in India and the work of the Centre for Micro Finance (CMF). CMF aims to maximize the impact of microfinance through research and strategy building for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Its Research Unit conducts studies on topics like the financial behavior of clients and the impact of microfinance. Its Strategy Unit provides advice to MFIs on growth strategies, organizational structure, and reducing costs of funds. CMF also facilitates partnerships between MFIs and companies to improve clients' livelihoods through activities like cattle feed distribution and mint cultivation.
This document is a project report submitted to Punjab Technical University by Aijaz Ahmed Rather for the partial fulfillment of an MBA degree. The report examines the role of nationalized banks in promoting microfinance services among rural people in Punjab, India. It includes an acknowledgement, executive summary, table of contents, and suggested chapter plan. The project report analyzes microfinance in India, issues for commercial banks, the research methodology used, and will provide conclusions, limitations, recommendations, and suggestions.
The document discusses partnerships between last mile firms (value chain actors and ag-focused technology companies) and financial institutions to increase access to finance for smallholder farmers. It provides examples of three partnerships:
1) Biopartenaire partners with Advans bank to provide savings products to cocoa farmers and outsource lending to reduce costs and risks.
2) Kifiya partners with multiple financial institutions and insurance companies to leverage its digital financial services platform and increase transaction volumes.
3) Prep-eez offers farmer data to multiple financial institutions to develop new products delivered through its platform, in order to increase farmer purchasing power.
Dr. Shabbir Hussain presented at an international conference on Islamic microfinance. He analyzed the outreach of various microfinance models globally and in South Asia. Islamic microfinance has reached 380,000 borrowers across 14 countries, with Bangladesh having the largest outreach of over 100,000 borrowers. However, Islamic microfinance still only represents about 1% of the microfinance market. In Pakistan, over 1.85 million borrowers are currently served by microfinance institutions, though an estimated 27.7 million need access to microcredit. Overall, Islamic microfinance shows potential but still needs to expand its outreach significantly.
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In recent years, India has witnessed a high rate of economic growth, which has resulted in greater personal wealth for many Indians. However, a majority section of the society is still financially uncovered, meaning it does not have access to formal financial institutions. In light of recent research that shows a strong correlation between financial exclusion and poverty and inequality, the Indian government has made financial inclusion an integral part of its planning strategy. The spreading of banking network to the vast rural areas of the country at an affordable cost remains as a challenge to all those who are involved. In India, an effort has been made to achieve financial inclusion by using information and communication technology through a Business Correspondent model.
CV LB Prakash Consulting Experience August 2016lbprakash
The document summarizes the author's extensive consulting experience in capacity building, organizational development, project design and implementation, market research, product development, and agricultural finance for organizations in Afghanistan, Ghana, Rwanda, India, and other countries from 2005 to the present. Some of the projects included strengthening financial sector associations in Afghanistan, designing agricultural finance trainings in Ghana and Rwanda, conducting social and poverty audits of microfinance institutions, and providing advisory services to agricultural cooperatives.
Microfinance for sanitation: how can public funders get involved?Trémolet Consulting
This document discusses microfinance for sanitation and its potential role in addressing the global sanitation crisis. It notes that 2.6 billion people lack access to improved sanitation and that microfinance can help households invest in sanitation facilities. Examples from Vietnam, India, and limited experiences in Tanzania show how microfinance has enabled hundreds of thousands of households to access sanitation. The document advocates that public funders can play a role in kickstarting microfinance markets for sanitation by identifying financing needs, supporting partners like MFIs, and providing initial funding and support structures to grow markets sustainably. It provides guidance on selecting partners and determining what assistance may be needed based on the local financial context.
Microfinance for sanitation: how can public funders get involved?Trémolet Consulting
As public policy in many countries stipulates that households should finance their own on-site sanitation facilities, the question of facilitating access to finance for upfront costs (and in some cases, maintenance costs as well) is pressing. In this presentation, Sophie Trémolet looks at the role of public intervention including donor agencies) to stimulate the market of microfinance for sanitation.
Financial Inclusion Summit 2016 - Background & Current Status - Part - 1Resurgent India
Financial Inclusion is a key enabler to economic, social and transaction security of a country, thereby driving inclusive growth. It is for this reason that financial inclusion has been one of the key government priorities over the years, through various initiatives like Nationalization of Banks, Expansion of Banks branch network, Lead Bank Scheme, Business Correspondent Model, Mobile banking, Aadhaar enabled banking accounts, e-KYCs etc. Despite these various measures, poverty and exclusion continue to dominate socio-economic and political discourse in India even after six decades of post economic independence era.
This course will inform, engage, and prepare participants who are considering the feasibility and benefits of adding health to microfinance. The training will provide experience-based examples, lessons learned, cost information, and discussion about addressing the link between poverty and ill health without taking MFIs off-track or incurring undue expenses.
This PPT: how Equitas does integrated health and microfinance
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The document discusses assessing the suitability of sites for microenterprises in Bangladesh. It analyzed various physical and economic criteria like distance to markets and roads, land elevation and flooding risk, to classify areas as highly, moderately or marginally suitable for poultry farming. Most unions had large unsuitable areas concentrated in the southeast. Microenterprises in unsuitable sites faced higher costs, lower profits and required greater support. The research findings could help prioritize development efforts and identify low-cost solutions to improve conditions for farmers in unsuitable locations.
The document summarizes the key findings of an independent evaluation of the Asian Development Bank's Microfinance Assistance Program from 2000-2010. The evaluation assessed the performance of ADB's microfinance portfolio in developing sustainable microfinance systems for the poor. It found that while interventions were well-designed, they were less effective at delivering intended results. Program and sector development loans were most effective in improving policies and expanding services, while projects focusing only on credit were less successful. The evaluation also analyzed microfinance clients and impacts in six countries, finding an increase in loans and clients over time but decreasing percentages of women, and limited welfare impacts.
This presentation by Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW Sydney, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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This presentation by OECD, OECD Secretariat, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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This presentation by Tim Capel, Director of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office Legal Service, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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Gamify it until you make it Improving Agile Development and Operations with ...Ben Linders
So many challenges, so little time. While we’re busy developing software and keeping it operational, we also need to sharpen the saw, but how? Gamification can be a way to look at how you’re doing and find out where to improve. It’s a great way to have everyone involved and get the best out of people.
In this presentation, Ben Linders will show how playing games with the DevOps coaching cards can help to explore your current development and deployment (DevOps) practices and decide as a team what to improve or experiment with.
The games that we play are based on an engagement model. Instead of imposing change, the games enable people to pull in ideas for change and apply those in a way that best suits their collective needs.
By playing games, you can learn from each other. Teams can use games, exercises, and coaching cards to discuss values, principles, and practices, and share their experiences and learnings.
Different game formats can be used to share experiences on DevOps principles and practices and explore how they can be applied effectively. This presentation provides an overview of playing formats and will inspire you to come up with your own formats.
This presentation by Professor Giuseppe Colangelo, Jean Monnet Professor of European Innovation Policy, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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The importance of sustainable and efficient computational practices in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning has become increasingly critical. This webinar focuses on the intersection of sustainability and AI, highlighting the significance of energy-efficient deep learning, innovative randomization techniques in neural networks, the potential of reservoir computing, and the cutting-edge realm of neuromorphic computing. This webinar aims to connect theoretical knowledge with practical applications and provide insights into how these innovative approaches can lead to more robust, efficient, and environmentally conscious AI systems.
Webinar Speaker: Prof. Claudio Gallicchio, Assistant Professor, University of Pisa
Claudio Gallicchio is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa, Italy. His research involves merging concepts from Deep Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Randomized Neural Systems, and he has co-authored over 100 scientific publications on the subject. He is the founder of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Reservoir Computing, and the co-founder and chair of the IEEE Task Force on Randomization-based Neural Networks and Learning Systems. He is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS).
2. 3/23/2016 2
AFAWA Landscape
Credit gap for formal women
owned enterprises in SSA is USD
21-26 b (2011)
The ‘missing middle’ problem
needs to be addressed
Traditional financial services are
not adapted to all clients’ needs
Lack of access to information
between FIs and women
entrepreneurs
Market Scoping Study
• Identify financing needs for
women-owned businesses
• Determine resources
needed for identified
financial system
intermediaries
• Assess what is needed to
create an enabling
environment
• Recommend appropriate
intervention mechanisms &
results measurement
framework
3. 3/23/2016 3
AFAWA’s Objective
Unleash women’s economic potential through
enabling more women’s businesses to access
Available Accessible Affordable finance
• By mobilizing about [USD300mln] to financial
intermediaries by 2020 through a partnership-
driven approach
• By supporting financial systems in Africa
• By measuring impact
4. 3/23/2016 4
AFAWA’s Alignment with
AfDB’s Strategies
Gender
Strategy
Ten-Year
Strategy
Financial
Sector
Development
Policy &
Strategy Private Sector
Development
Policy &
StrategyGovernance
Strategic
Framework
And Action
Plan