NEWS

Dossier thématique sur la réglementation, thème du 13ème Midi de la microfinance

24. February 2010

140 participants ont pris part au 13ème Midi de la microfinance organisé par ADA le mercredi 24 février 2010, à la Banque de Luxembourg. Consultant, ancien directeur des Systèmes financiers décentralisés à la Banque centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO), Eric Ekué a partagé son expérience ... more

Microinsurance drawing competition

25. January 2010

The secretariat of the Microinsurance Network teamed up with a group of students from the Lycée Technique Michel-Lucius in Luxembourg to promote microinsurance. The awareness-raising project, part of the Luxembourgish school curriculum, is designed to prepare the students from year 12 (16-17 year ... more

The Microinsurance Newsletter n°19 is available: the case of the agricultural microinsurance

23. December 2009

This latest newsletter contains an article and case study on agricultural microinsurance, focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of index-based insurance. Another article looks at “Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day” a new book by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, ... more

Rating Initiative Launches its website

18. December 2009

The “Rating Initiative”, a global project for the development of ratings and transparency in microfinance, is pleased to announce the launch of its website www.ratinginitiative.org Currently available in English (the French and Spanish versions will be available in the first quarter of 2010 ), the ... more

Success of the 2009 European Week of Microfinance, in Luxembourg

10. December 2009

The European Microfinance week gathered 300 participants, from the 24th to the 26th November, in the Abbaye de Neumunster, in Luxembourg. The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) created this networking opportunity for European based microfinance actors working in developing countries to enable ... more

Official launch of the Microinsurance Network in Luxembourg

25. November 2009

A new platform created with the mission to promote microinsurance and its good practices in developing countries was born in Luxembourg. Formerly know as the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, the Microinsurance Network was officially launched on Tuesday, November 24th, by the ... more