MicroSave to collaborate with Microfinance Focus for knowledge sharing and dissemination

Microfinance Focus, August 26, 2010: MicroSave, one of the leading International consulting, capacity building and research organizations has agreed to join hands with Microfinance Focus, a knowledge and communication hub for the global microfinance sector.  Under this agreement the two organizations look forward to a strategic alliance for knowledge sharing and dissemination with an emphasis on engaging diverse and geographically dispersed practitioners, donors, academicians, investors, technical services providers, government and other stakeholders.

Microfinance Focus which reaches a wide base of readers through its news portal will collaborate with MicroSave to provide expert analysis on the current affairs and developments of the microfinance sector.

MicroSave promotes market-led financial services by publishing high quality research studies focused on clients and microfinance institutions.  With a combined experience of its core research and the action research programme, it has developed a series of practice-based and practitioner-focused training Toolkits, curricula and workshops. Through this partnership Microfinance Focus will further the cause of distribution of microfinance best practices and innovations to the wider microfinance community, enabling the creation of strong and competent institutions in the industry.

“Microfinance Focus has played an instrumental role in getting microfinance voices heard across the globe. With an emergent sector the need for information sharing has become even more pertinent and we hope to contribute in their efforts of plugging in the knowledge and information gap in the sector”, said Mr. Graham A.N Wright, Programme Director of MicroSave.

Offering his statement on the occasion, Mr. Vikash Kumar, Executive Director of Microfinance Focus said, “We are glad to have joined hands with MicroSave. Its outstanding research services have been of tremendous significance to the microfinance sector and we look forward to support their work and take it to wider audience”.

Microfinance Focus is a global knowledge centre for Microfinance, focused on serving the international microfinance sector. It publishes an e-magazine, daily news stories, articles and write-ups written by experts in the sector. Its worldwide recognition has been driven by a great need for shared information regarding the industry. Much of this growth can be attributed to its commitment to help the industry excel by plugging the knowledge gap, via free access to news and information that will benefit microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their practitioners.

MicroSave provides practical, market-led solutions to assist microfinance institutions succeed and achieve their mission and business objectives. With a team of experienced professionals MicroSave has been operating for over a decade and is considered as one of the most reliable consulting firm for market-led financial service providers. It works closely with institutions and thus understands its customers, their operating environments and unique features of each institution. The market-led approach focused on putting the clients at the centre of the business. MicroSave provides its partners comprehensive, customized strategies that drive growth and business profitability.

MicroSave has worked with a variety of clients over nearly ten years. Donors have included: DFID, UNDP, CGAP, the Governments of Norway and Austria, the Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Omidyar Network, Housing Development Finance Corporation, ICICI Bank. In addition, many institutions have bought services directly: Equity Bank, Vodafone, FINCA, Spandana, Commercial Microfinance Ltd., ABN Amro Bank, Bandhan, and IFC amongst many others.

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