Microfinance Practice: [MFP] Fwd: Join Us! Commenting Period Extended to May 23

Dear All:

The discussion period was just extended.

Liselle

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From: Microfinance CEO Working Group <info@microfinanceceoworkinggroup.org>
Date: Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:14 PM
Subject: Join Us! Commenting Period Extended to May 23
To: lyorke@grameenfoundation.org

You Are Invited

to an Online Discussion

"Over-Indebtedness

in Developing Countries:

Causes, Risks, and Remedies"

Today through May 23, 2014

The Microfinance CEO Working Group invites you to participate in an interactive online discussion forum today through May 23, 2014, following the release of two new publications:

Over-Indebtedness: A Risk Management Approach

and

Over-Indebtedness in Mexico: Its Effect on Borrowers

We hope you will join the dialogue and contribute your insights and perspective on the publication topics. The companion publications present a critical analysis of some of the causes, risks, and potential solutions surrounding over-indebtedness in the microfinance industry:

Over-Indebtedness: A Risk Management Approach looks at the leading indicators of the trend toward over-indebtedness and delineates steps that MFIs can take to mitigate the risks should over-indebtedness hit the markets in which they operate.

Over-Indebtedness in Mexico: Its Effect on Borrowers studies the specific threat of over-indebtedness in Mexico by analyzing credit data from a pool of loan applicants, a survey of branch managers, and qualitative interviews with borrowers themselves, many of whom were experiencing or had experienced debt problems.

Please visit the Microfinance CEO Working Group's online discussion forum page to learn more and register to participate in the event.

If you need assistance with registration or have any other questions, please contact Maura Hart, Communications Manager for the Microfinance CEO Working Group at info@MicrofinanceCEOWorkingGroup.org

We look forward to a fruitful conversation!

Best regards,

Michael Schlein, President and CEO, Accion

Steve Hollingworth, President, Freedom From Hunger

Rupert Scofield, President and CEO, FINCA International

Alex Counts, President and CEO, Grameen Foundation USA

David Simms, Network Board Chair, Opportunity International

Rosario Pérez, President and CEO, Pro Mujer

Scott Brown, President and CEO, VisionFund International

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women's World Banking

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The Microfinance CEO Working Group is a collaborative effort by eight international microfinance organizations - Accion, FINCA International, Freedom from Hunger, Grameen Foundation USA, Opportunity International, Pro Mujer, VisionFund International, and Women's World Banking. The group works together to advocate in favor of responsible microfinance practices and commits to holding their organizations to the highest standards.

Join us and share your opinion in the

Over-Indebtedness Discussion Forum,

extended to May 23, 2014

Go to the Discussion Forum Page