Actually ... further to e-mail a second ago - do you want to meet me a
bit later to give you chance to catch up with cath first?? Can put back
to 3pm easily enough ...
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From: Discussion list on participatory geographies
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rachel Pain
Sent: 17 November 2008 18:04
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Virtual conference on microfinance and financial crisis
Hi - thanx 4 cal earlier - cath white has asked if i can coffeate on fri
- wd rather c u separately - just checking if 2pm is best 4 u cos i can
meet cathy first or woteva is best! Hanging around til 5 anyway when i
meet my partner in crime peter (o n do join us for a drink if u can!)
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From: Kye Askins <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 17 November 2008 09:04
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: Virtual conference on microfinance and financial crisis
Apologies for cross-posting but seems pretty participatory ...?
From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Maringanti,
Ananthakrishna
Sent: 17 November 2008 02:24
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Subject: Virtual conference on microfinance and financial crisis
Dear all,
Devforums, a web interface of the World Bank with NGOs and development
professionals is organizing a virtual conference on the implications of
the financial crisis for microfinance enterprises. If you are interested
in geographies of post-washington consensus development
regimes/geographies of finance this may be of interest to you.
You can sign up here:
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/worldbank/MicrofinanceFinancialCrisis/inde
x.cfm?op=dsp_join
Over the course of three days (November 18-20), microfinance
practitioners will share their experiences and insights and discuss how
to respond to upcoming challenges. The Virtual Conference will focus on
microfinance institutions and their clients, and on donors and
investors.
There is no registration fee and since it is virtual, you need not leave
your computer desk. It will most probably be a number of people
exchanging ideas on how to interpret their local experience through the
following questions.
session # 1
Start: Tues., Nov. 18, 9:00 am Central European Time (CET), 3:00 am
Eastern Standard Time (EST)
End: Wed., Nov. 19, 3:00 pm CET, 9 am EST
Is microfinance and its clients isolated from the current global
financial crisis? Or, are microfinance markets as vulnerable as
financial markets in developed economies? We have heard anecdotes on
both sides. During the first session of the conference, we seek to hear
from as many practitioners and people who work with them to gather
evidence from different countries.
Driving question: How have clients and the institutions that serve them
been affected by current events?
Session # 2
Start: Wed., Nov. 19, 3:00 pm CET, 9:00 am EST
End: Thurs., Nov. 20, 5:00 pm CET, 11 am EST
Donors and investors spend significant sums of money on microfinance. A
recent CGAP survey indicated that up to 11.7 billion USD from 54 leading
donors and investors was committed as of December 2007. Though not the
only source of funding for MFIs, funders and their behavior have
significant impacts on MFIs-especially during difficult times.
Driving question: How are donors and investors responding to the
financial crisis?
Dr. Anant Maringanti, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Geography, AS 2 #
04-05, 1 Arts Link, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge,
Singapore 117570
Dr. Anant Maringanti, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Geography, AS 2 #
04-05, 1 Arts Link, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge,
Singapore 117570
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