Posts Tagged ‘millennium development goals’

Microfinance Focus, June 11, 2010: With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September to accelerate progress towards the MDGs. The High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly will focus on accelerating progress towards the achievement of all the Millennium ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Feb 17, 2010: A joint report by the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in an Era of Global Uncertainty: Asia- Pacific Regional Report 2009/10”, examines the toll that the global economic crisis has taken on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Asia-Pacific region.  The global economic crisis could fence in an ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 09, 2009 : The UNDP microfinance program is assisting 350 000 households across Myanmar, which is still recovering from the destruction brought by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, according to the UNDP. This was revealed in a statement to announce  that the organisation will support a review of Mynamar's efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its initiatives to ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 12, 2009: - The 2009 Toronto Microfinance Conference, a full-day event, is taking place on November 14, 2009, at the Toronto.  The conference brings together 12 domestic and international organizations active in developing microfinance programs directed at the poor and unbanked. The conference is co-hosted by the Rotary International District 7070 Microfinance Committee, Rotarian Action Group for Microcredit, FINCA International, ACCESS Community Capital ... Full story