Working Through the Details of Microfinance

On April 19-20th a group of bankers and MBA students and MFI's assemble to talk about micro-financing. The group tries to imagine what life would be like without insurance, credit cards and bank accounts, a common situation in developing countries.

The purpose of this event was to:

• Present best-practice microfinance programs from around the world in order to hear what lessons might be learned from the experiences of others
  
• Provide a dynamic forum for microfinance and economic development practitioners with the goal of improving their ability to provide services to small-scale entrepreneurs
  
• Bring attention on microfinance as an important tool for economic development

National Public Radio has a report on the out come.

This audio report can be heard via NPR morning edition:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5354904