Papers Commissioned by the Microcredit Summit Campaign
The following papers were prepared for the Microcredit Summit Campaign by leaders in the field of microcredit. Select a paper below to read the executive summary, then choose the format in which to read it. These papers are available as ".pdf" files that can be saved and viewed off-line. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free, click here, then return to this page to download the papers. You may also read the papers directly on your web browser or download the ".doc" format for a Word document of the paper. If you have difficulty accessing these papers, please contact the Microcredit Summit Secretariat by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). The papers are now available on this site in Spanish and French.
These six commissioned papers were discussed in Plenary Session at the Microcredit Summit +5 and have been compiled in a book entitled Pathways Out of Poverty: Innovations in Microfinance for the Poorest Families, published by Kumarian Press in November of 2002. Hard copies of the book can be ordered using our Materials Order Form.
Commissioned in 2006
The following papers were prepared for the Global Microcredit Summit 2006 by leaders in the field of microcredit. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free, click here, then return to this page to download the papers. If you have difficulty accessing these papers, please contact the Microcredit Summit Secretariat by e-mail.
Plenary Sessions
- The Future of Microfinance - Prof. H. I. Latifee
- The Future of Microfinance - Elizabeth Rhyne & Maria Otero
- Small is Beautiful, Big is Necessary; Canada’s Commercial and Cooperative Answers to the Global Challenge of Microfinance Access - Mary Coyle
- Executive Summary:Factors that Contribute to Exponential Growth-- Case Studies for Massive Outreach to the Poor and Poorest - Alex Counts, Roshanneh Zafar & Erin Connor
- Executive Summary: Building Domestic Financial Systems that Work for the Majority - Women's World Banking
- Executive Summary: Overcoming the Obstacles to Accessing Commercial Funds while Maintaining a Commitment to Reaching the Poorest - Larry Reed
- Executive Summary: Achieving the Microcredit Summit and Millennium Development Goals of Reducing Extreme Poverty: What Is the Cutting Edge on Cost-Effectively Measuring Movement across the $1/Day Threshold? - Thierry van Bastelaer & Manfred Zeller
Workshops
- Innovations in Reducing Costs and Enhancing Productivity - Khalid Kabeer
- Rural Remote Microfinance and Selfish Genes - Nanci Lee
- Transformation of Micro-finance Operations from NGO to Regulated MFI - Gaamaa Hishigsuren
- The Changing Role of Foreign Direct Investment - Bill Harrington
- Overcoming Regulatory and Legal Constraints to Savings Mobilization - Kate Druschel
- Microfinance Services for Very Poor People, Promising Approaches from the Field - Jan Maes and Laura Foose
- Five Cents a Day, Innovative Programs for Reaching the Destitute - Dipal Chandra Barua
- Evaluating Microfinance Program Innovation with Randomized Controlled Trials - Dean Karlan
- Corporate-MFI Partnerships that are Profitable for the Corporation, the MFI, and the Clients - Graham Macmillan
- Governance - Organizing, Developing and Empowering Boards - Betty Sabana
- Effective Micro-Insurance Programs to Reduce Vulnerability - Shadreck Mapfumo and Richard Leftley
- SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION’S (SEWA) Experience in Providing Micro-Insurance Services to Poor Informal Sector Workers - Jayshree Vyas
- Community Investing in Canada - Susannah Cameron pdf
- Innovations in Microenterprise Development in the United States - Bill Burrus
- Davids & Goliaths in International MicroFinance, the Challenge for Specialized Raters - Sanjay Sinha
- Accessing Loans and Grants from Bilateral and Multilateral Agencies for MFIs - Shankar Man Shrestha
- How can MFIs Best Work in Competitive and Saturated Markets - Sebastien Duquet
- Impact of HIV-AIDS on Microfinance - Pauline Achola
- Evidence of Microfinance’s Contribution to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals - Chris Dunford
- Innovations in Information Technologies - Gisele Gagnon
- Open and Distance Learning in Microfinance - Didier Krumm
- Lessons Learned in Improving Replicability of Successful Microcredit Programs - Lamiya Morshed
- With Transformation to Regulated MFI, What Are the Models of Ownership that Protect Social Mission - Angel de Leon
- Microcredit and Agriculture How to Make it Work - Meagan Andrews
- Entry of MFIs into the Remittances Market - Anne Hastings.pdf
- How MFIs and their Clients can have a Positive Impact on the Environment - Joan Hall and Abhishek Lal
- Compounding Community Capital-Canada’s Credit Unions and the Untapped Assets of Poor Communities - Jo-Anne Ferguson
- Why We Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Financial Cooperatives in the Effort to Increase Access to Financial Services - Anne Gaboury
- Expanding Impact --Innovations in Cost-Effectively Integrating Microfinance with Education in Health - Carmen Velasco
- The marginal cost of integrating microfinance with education using the unified approach - Isabel Rueda
- Managing the Floodgates-- Making the Most of International Flows of Microfinance Funding - Elizabeth Littlefield
- Just the facts maam-Gender Stories from Unexpected Sources with Morals for Microfinance - Susy Cheston
- Microfinance and Gender Equality-Are We Getting There - Irene Mutalima
- Beyond Good Intentions: Measuring the Social Performance of Microfinance Institutions - Syed Hashemi, Laura Foose, Samer Badawi
- Good Practice in Business Development Services - Susan Henry
- Improving and Monitoring Customer Retention - Jacqueline Urquizo
- Microcredit in Post-Conflict, Conflict, Natural Disaster, and Other Difficult Settings - Warner Woodworth
- Post-Disaster and Post-Conflict Microfinance - Steve Werlin and Anne Hastings.pdf
- A Billion to Gain -Updated- ING Bank.pdf
- Best Practices for National and Regional Microfinance Networks - The Experience of Latin America and the Caribbean - Reynold Walter
Associated Sessions
- How RESULTS Activists Collaborated With Microcredit Leaders and High Government Officials to Build the Microfinance Movement - Bob Sample
- Leading Growth in MFIs- Key Attributes and Characteristics - Geoff Davis
- Taking Stock of the MCS- 1997-2006; 2007-2015 - Susan Davis & Vinod Khosla
- The Impact of Microfinance on Employment - Bernd Balkenhol
Commissioned in 2002
- Ensuring Impact: Reaching the Poorest while Building Financially Self-Sufficient Institutions, and Showing Improvement in the Lives of the Poorest Women and Their Families Anton Simanowitz Programme Manager, ImpAct, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
- Building Better Lives: Sustainable Integration of Microfinance with Education in Child Survival, Reproductive Health, and HIV/AIDS Prevention for the Poorest Entrepreneurs Christopher Dunford President, Freedom from Hunger
- Innovations from the Field: A Daringly Brief Summary of a Huge Phenomenon John K. Hatch Founder, FINCA International Sarah R. Levine Amanda Penn
- Empowering Women Through Microfinance Susy Cheston Senior Vice President, Policy and Research, Opportunity International; Executive Director Emeritus of the Womens' Opportunity Fund Lisa Kuhn Program Analyst, Opportunity International
- Financing Microfinance for Poverty Reduction David S. Gibbons Managing Director, CASHPOR Financial and Technical Services, Malaysia Jennifer W. Meehan Financial Director, CASHPOR Financial and Technical Services, Malaysia
- Policies, Regulations and Systems that Promote Sustainable Financial Services to the Poor and Poorest Women's World Banking Commissioned for the Latin America / Caribbean Region Microcredit Summit:
- The Profile of Microfinance in Latin America in Ten Years: Vision & Characteristics Maria Otero President and CEO of ACCION International Beatriz Marulanda
Commissioned in 1999
- Creating Autonomous National and Sub-regional Microcredit Funds (Updated January 5, 2001) Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Managing Director, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
- The Microcredit Summit's Challenge: Working Towards Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency while Maintaining a Commitment to Serving the Poorest Families (Updated June 2000) David S. Gibbons Managing Director, CASHPOR Financial and Technical Services Jennifer W. Meehan Financial Advisor, CASHPOR Financial and Technical Services
- Measuring Transformation: Assessing and Improving the Impact of Microcredit Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Susy Cheston Executive Director, Womens Opportunity Fund Larry Reed Managing Director, Opportunity International Network Suzy Salib Program Manager, Women's Opportunity Fund Rodger Voorhies Assistant Regional Director for Africa, Opportunity International Network James Copestake Centre for Development Studies, Bath University-UK Md. Mustafa Kamal Mitzi Machado Trust Bank Program Coordinator, AGAPE Ana Laura Valazza Technical Advisor, Opportunity International Network
- Overcoming the Obstacles of Identifying the Poorest Families: Using Participatory Wealth Ranking (PWR), the CASHPOR House Index (CHI), and Other Measurements to Identify and Encourage the Participation of the Poorest Families, Especially the Women of Those Families (Updated June 2000) Anton Simanowitz Institute for Development Studies, Sussex, UK Ben Nkuna The Small Enterprise Foundation, South Africa Sukor Kasim Women Development Banking Trust, South Africa
- How Donor Funds Could Better Reach and Support Grassroots Microcredit Institutions Working Towards the Microcredit Summit's Goal and Core Themes Muhammad Yunus Managing Director, Grameen Bank
