Macro Crisis, Micro Solutions? On Microfinance as a Lever against Poverty

Online debate on 9 February 2021

While the COVID-19 pandemic is especially weakening economies in developing countries, microfinance players are taking action to support their most vulnerable clients. The portfolios of microfinance institutions (‘MFIs’) have a significant share of the informal sector, a predominance of trade/commerce activities and vulnerable clients who have few resources to cushion the impacts of the crisis. They operate in developing countries where state aid is wanting.

In this debate with experts Cecile Lapenu, Executive Director of CERISE, Loïc De Cannière, CEO of INCOFIN and Johan Bastiaensen, Director of the Institute of Development Policy of the University of Antwerp, following questions will be addressed:

• How effective is microfinance in the fight against poverty?
• Can it cope with this sort of crisis?
• Does microfinance need to be revisited?

More info: https://www.ucsia.org/home-en/themes/u-turn/microfinance/

dinsdag, 9 februari, 2021 - 16:00

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