The Microcredit Summit Campaign

Papers Commissioned by the Microcredit Summit Campaign 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

1 - Innovations in Reducing Costs and Enhancing Productivity - Khalid Kabeer
2 - Rural Remote Microfinance and Selfish Genes - Nanci Lee
3 - Transformation of Micro-finance Operations from NGO to Regulated MFI - Gaamaa Hishigsuren
4 - The Changing Role of Foreign Direct Investment - Bill Harrington
5 - Overcoming Regulatory and Legal Constraints to Savings Mobilization - Kate Druschel
6 - Microfinance Services for Very Poor People, Promising Approaches from the Field - Jan Maes and Laura Foose
7 - Five Cents a Day, Innovative Programs for Reaching the Destitute - Dipal Chandra Barua
8 - Evaluating Microfinance Program Innovation with Randomized Controlled Trials - Dean Karlan
9 - Corporate-MFI Partnerships that are Profitable for the Corporation, the MFI, and the Clients - Graham Macmillan
10 - Governance - Organizing, Developing and Empowering Boards - Betty Sabana
11 - Effective Micro-Insurance Programs to Reduce Vulnerability - Shadreck Mapfumo and Richard Leftley
11 - SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION’S (SEWA) Experience in Providing Micro-Insurance Services to Poor Informal Sector Workers - Jayshree Vyas
12 - Community Investing in Canada - Susannah Cameron pdf
12 - Innovations in Microenterprise Development in the United States - Bill Burrus
13 - Davids & Goliaths in International MicroFinance, the Challenge for Specialized Raters - Sanjay Sinha
14 - Accessing Loans and Grants from Bilateral and Multilateral Agencies for MFIs - Shankar Man Shrestha
15 - How can MFIs Best Work in Competitive and Saturated Markets - Sebastien Duquet
16 - Impact of HIV-AIDS on Microfinance - Pauline Achola
17 - Evidence of Microfinance’s Contribution to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals - Chris Dunford
18 - Innovations in Information Technologies - Gisele Gagnon
18 - Open and Distance Learning in Microfinance - Didier Krumm
19 - Lessons Learned in Improving Replicability of Successful Microcredit Programs - Lamiya Morshed
21 - With Transformation to Regulated MFI, What Are the Models of Ownership that Protect Social Mission - Angel de Leon
22 - Microcredit and Agriculture How to Make it Work - Meagan Andrews
23 - Entry of MFIs into the Remittances Market - Anne Hastings.pdf
24 - How MFIs and their Clients can have a Positive Impact on the Environment - Joan Hall and Abhishek Lal
25 - Compounding Community Capital-Canada’s Credit Unions and the Untapped Assets of Poor Communities - Jo-Anne Ferguson
25 - Why We Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Financial Cooperatives in the Effort to Increase Access to Financial Services - Anne Gaboury
26 - Expanding Impact --Innovations in Cost-Effectively Integrating Microfinance with Education in Health - Carmen Velasco
26 - The marginal cost of integrating microfinance with education using the unified approach - Isabel Rueda
27 - Managing the Floodgates-- Making the Most of International Flows of Microfinance Funding - Elizabeth Littlefield
28 - Just the facts maam-Gender Stories from Unexpected Sources with Morals for Microfinance - Susy Cheston
28 - Microfinance and Gender Equality-Are We Getting There - Irene Mutalima
29 - Beyond Good Intentions: Measuring the Social Performance of Microfinance Institutions - Syed Hashemi, Laura Foose, Samer Badawi
30 - Good Practice in Business Development Services - Susan Henry
31 - Improving and Monitoring Customer Retention - Jacqueline Urquizo
32 - Microcredit in Post-Conflict, Conflict, Natural Disaster, and Other Difficult Settings - Warner Woodworth
32 - Post-Disaster and Post-Conflict Microfinance - Steve Werlin and Anne Hastings.pdf
33 - A Billion to Gain -Updated- ING Bank.pdf
34 - 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