Dialogue is a periodical publication by ADA, combining concrete case studies with critical analyses by international experts in microfinance.Dialogue is available free of charge. All issues are available in French and some are also available in English.Dialogue 36 and 37 are available in English, with the rest available only in French and in Spanish
Microfinance and Gender - Dialogue No. 37
May 2007- has microfinance led to more economic stability, women’s independence and to gender equality? The question remains.This issue of Dialogue is dedicated to this topic, offering various opinions and experiences, together with an overview of currently available microfinance services, and looks at what remains to be done.It concludes the series of Dialogue produced ADA and is being replaced by the new publication Practice and Innovation.
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Research in Microfinance - Dialogue No. 36
September,2006 - The special "European" issue of Dialogue covers the results of the workshop “Recherche”of the European Microfinance Platform.The selection of articles offers a contribution “to a better understanding of research in microfinance and the way this contributes to improving the methods and daily practices of microfinance”.
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The microfinance in a low voice- Dialogue No. 35
January, 2006 - How to mismanage a microfinance institution? What are the ‘Top Ten’ mistakes which can be made? What are the limits to microfinance? These are some of the questions which this issue of Dialogue tries to answer. By recounting failures, bankruptcies, "non-success stories" in microfinance and other areas, the authors of this issue attempt to contribute to the sector’s development and to counter the lack of transparency which is sometimes to be found among certain of its ‘actors’.
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Information Management Systems (IMS) and MFI - Dialogue No. 34
July, 2005 - The growth of microfinance institutions, the diversification of their products and the legal demands confronting those institutions needing to update, develop or acquire a new system are covered in this issue.The introduction of a new management information system can have an impact on the very foundation of an institution.This issue of Dialogue recounts "a slice of life" of institutions which have undergone this profound change.
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Microinsurance - Dialogue No. 33
June, 2004 - This issue of Dialogue presents certain advances achieved in the understanding of microinsurance by looking at aspects of the demand, risk management, the link between the MFIs and commercial insurers and of the role of donors. Microinsurance increasingly plays a key role within any activities which claims to enable low-income populations to improve their living conditions.
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Internal Control - Dialogue No. 32
June, 2003 - This issue does not deal with a particular theme, but rather focuses the attention of the microfinance sector, particularly in Africa, on the following subjects: internal monitoring, the impact of microfinance on social relations, credit, the tax regime in West and Central Africa, as well as the industry’s developments in Morocco.
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Microfinance in Europe - Dialogue No. 31
March 2003 – Based on a meeting of the Council of Europe, this issue gathers expert contributions on microfinance; its principles and modes of operating, the impact on women, microfinance in Europe and the link between microfinance and international financial markets.
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