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For those of us who are currently working on or will soon to be working on research related to Microfinance, what are the best sources of data? I imagine that the Microbanking Bulletin, Microfinance…
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Thank you Lyrana!
I think that will be very helpful, and lets try to keep this Discussion going!
Evan
Hello,
In my research experience and having worked with different data sets, I've found the Rating Fund to be reliable, easy to interpret, and standardized. The program's full name is CGAP's Microfinace Rating and Assessment Fund, and they publish…
This is great! Thanks Narendran!
Thank you for that link!! It looks like it will be very useful!!
http://www.developmentdata.org/ This website might be useful to those persons to get data on inequality, trade, aid, education, agriculture, migration, health, FDI, population, governance, private sector and debt, and to websites that host and/or ca…
For those of us who are currently working on or will soon to be working on research related to Microfinance, what are the best sources of data?
I imagine that the Microbanking Bulletin, Microfinance Information Exchange, and the CGAP are good place…
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- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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- Graduate Student
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- I'm here to gain more exposure to Microfinance and make new connections to others who share my interest.
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- At 7:36pm on November 30, 2009,
Chris Temple said… - Hey Evan, thanks for joining! I was hoping that you could encourage other students at University of Nevada to follow your lead and join us here at MFI Connect. We are trying to provide opportunities for student involvement in microfinance, starting with the Microfinance Simulcast and the 2010 Microcredit Summit in Kenya this April.
Thanks so much in advance for help and contributions,
Chris
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