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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, recently announced a total of USD 10 million, five year local-currency loans to two Institutions, Asociación La Nacional and to Fondo Para el Desarrollo, Inc (FONDESA) in the Dominican Republic. Each institution will receive a five-year, local-currency loan of 195 million Dominican pesos (approximately $5...

The Fairtrade Access Fund, a fund launched by Incofin Investment Management, Fairtrade International and Grameen Foundation, provided its first loan to COPROCAEL in Honduras. The Cooperativa De Productores De Café "Encarnación" Limitada (COPROCAEL) received a trade finance loan of USD 570,000 to purchase the coffee of its 170 member farmers...

Financiera Independencia, a Mexican microfinance lender of personal loans to lower income segment individuals and working capital loans through group lending microfinance, recently announced results for the three month period ended March 31, 2012. Independencia’ s net income for the first quarter of 2012 declined 62.0%...

The World Bank's financial inclusion project would target the underprivileged, indigenous, and female populations in Mexico’s rural areas.

Microfinance Focus April 27, 2011: Latin American development bank CAF, is offering local currency financing to Credit with Rural Education Civil Association (CRECER), an organization backing development initiatives for women from low-income sectors in rural, suburban and urban...

Microfinance Focus April 25, 2011: The Cuba Study Group in collaboration with Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, recently released a whitepaper titled ‘Supporting Small Business in Cuba: Recommendations for...

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