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Launching the 2015 Report in the epicenter of financial inclusion We launched our new State of the Campaign Report, Mapping Pathways out of Poverty in India, the epicenter of the current financial inclusion transformation. Fo...

Celebrate improving maternal and child health in the Philippines Over the past 20 years, the Philippines has enjoyed an increase in life expectancy, improved access to education and economic opportunity, and a decrease in co...

New report calls for scale-up of financial services “pathways” to help end extreme poverty The Microcredit Summit Campaign released our 17th annual survey of the global microfinance industry Wednesday at the Inclusive Finance India Summit held in Ne...

The 2015 State of the Campaign Report in a nutshell In his presentation today at the Inclusive Finance India Summit New Delhi, Larry Reed featured Mapping Pathways out of Poverty: The State of the Microcredit Su...

Where’s the Map? Another sneak peek! "A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previ...

Sneak peek of the 2015 State of the Campaign Report The World Bank and the United Nations have both set their sights on ending extreme poverty by the year 2030. The Bank has also set a concomitant target of univ...

We second that toast, Beth >>Authored by Larry Reed, Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign Last week, Beth Rhyne posted a well-deserved tribute to Alex Counts, who recently reti...

microPension Foundation to advance pension and social security inclusion The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes microPension Foundation (mPF) as the 58th organization to make a Campaign Commitment. mPF commits to provide an integr...

5 lessons on expanding financial inclusion and usage Source: The 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project Report: Measuring Progress on Financial Access and Usage. >>Authored by Mbaye Niane...

Mental health matters for microfinance >>Authored by Bobbi Gray, Research Director, Freedom from Hunger First of all, a disclaimer. I am by no means a mental health expert. Like many, I've ...

Swedes, chimps, and you and me on sustainable development >>Authored by Sabina Rogers Earlier this year at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Hans Rosling opened his presentation, "Sustainable Development: Demy...

Rating progress toward financial inclusion on a scale of 1 to 10 The Microcredit Summit Campaign is delighted to support CFI's efforts to track the progress of the Financial Inclusion 2020 project. In contribution to the "Fi...

Addressing the financial needs of the most excluded >> Authored by Larry Reed, Director, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, and Jesse Marsden, Research and Operations Manager, the Microcredit Summit Campa...

Better health for every woman and every child in the Philippines The maternal mortality rate in the Philippines is among the highest in Southeast Asia. To help improve maternal health in the Philippines, three development in...

Mourning the passing of a microfinance pioneer: Dr. Harihar Dev Pant >>Authored by Dr. D.S.K. Rao, Regional Director for Asia-Pacific We learned recently that a great friend of the Microcredit Summit Campaign died of lu...

Re-strategizing with the SDGs…Inspiration from MDG 6 The United Nations recently issued The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015, the latest assessment of progress towards the eight MDGs. In short, they have h...

Philippines program provided 800,000+ women maternal health education and care Summary: CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), the Microcredit Summit Campaign, and Freedom from Hunger announced that under the “Healthy Mothe...

Insufficient and greatly uneven progress on the maternal health MDG >>Authored by Marion Cosquer and Sabina Rogers MDG 5: Improve maternal health Target 5.A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal...

Post MDG-4: Integrating health services to reduce child mortality The United Nations recently issued The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2015, the latest assessment of progress towards the eight MDGs. In short, they have...