Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2004
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In this issue:
Five Million New Borrowers!
GFUSA’s Ambitious New Strategic Plan
GFUSA Helps Pioneer Microfinance Bond Issue
For many strong microfinance institutions (MFIs), availability of capital to make more loans is the main factor limiting their growth. To achieve our goal of reaching five million new borrowers in the next five years, Grameen Foundation USA is pioneering creative financing strategies, like the one described below.
Increasing Outreach through Better Technology
Imagine how service would suffer if your local bank tracked clients and transactions by hand. Many microfinance institutions do not have the resources to apply a solution — an automated management information system (MIS). Read on to see how GFUSA has helped several of its microfinance partners make the leap to the next level of information management by employing specially-tailored technology.
Borrower Profile: Bai Haiyan Feathers Her Nest
Village Phone is Direct Line to Safety
GFUSA Welcomes Two New Board Members
GFUSA and Deutsche Bank Honor Anti-Poverty Champions
Saulting Excellence in Berlin
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2004
Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans and financial services, we help the poor, mostly women, start businesses and escape poverty. Our global network of 55 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 34 million people in 24 countries. In addition, we introduced and now sustain technology initiatives (Mifos and Village Phone) in Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, bringing our total country outreach to 28.
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