Posts Tagged ‘Tajikistan’

Microfinance Focus, June 1, 2010: Microfinance News Synopsis brings a compilation of industry headlines broadcasted by other news media from across the world. AP, Kerala govts seek to regulate NBFCs, MFIs: Two key southern states are demanding that NBFCs and microfinance firms register under the local money lending laws, seeking to muscle into the territory of RBI which has the authority to regulate these institutions. Andhra ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Sept 11, 2009: Extreme poverty affects at least 10 per cent of the population in many parts of the Asia and Pacific region, Asian Development Bank said in a report. Titled “The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2009”, the report lists 19 economies where more than 10 per cent of the population were living on less than $1.25 a day in the latest year for which data are available. Six of the 19 economies are from the former Soviet Union. Four of the five most populous countries are also included and the data is not available for Indonesia. Full story