ACCESS Assist is hosting the annual Microfinance India Summit next week, featuring several events on poverty-focused microfinance. Join Truelift Executive Director, J.D. Bergeron, and many other industry leaders in renewing the focus on the pro-poor objective of microfinance.
ALL events will be held in New Delhi, India as part of the Microfinance India Summit.
Working Conversations for Improving Client Outcomes
Wednesday 11 Dec 2013
14:15-16:15
Join us for a working conversation and workshop activities designed to address the challenges faced by practitioners in service of clients living in poverty. This is an open session of the Poverty-focused Microfinance Working Group, co-hosted by Truelift and the Social Performance Task Force
- Why should we be interested in outreach to the bottom 40% of households?
- How can we design our systems and products to be relevant to the bottom 40%?
- How can we most usefully track progress for our poor clients?
- Frances Sinha, EDA Rural Systems, India
- J.D. Bergeron, Truelift, United States
- Devahuti Choudhury, Grameen Foundation, India
- DSK Rao, 100 Million Project, Microcredit Summit Campaign, India
- Lamkhomang Kipgen, WSDS-Initiate, India
From Responsible Inclusive Finance to Poverty Focus
Wednesday 11 Dec 2013
9:00-13:00
- J.D. Bergeron, Truelift, United States (Moderator)
- Laura Foose, Social Performance Task Force, United States (Moderator)
- Frances Sinha, EDA Rural Systems, India
- Isabelle Barres, Smart Campaign, United States
- Alex Rizzi, Smart Campaign, United States
- Suresh Krishna, Grameen Koota, India
Transforming the lives of the poor clients: A microfinance journey
Monday 9 Dec 2013
14:15-15:30
- D.S.K. Rao, Microcredit Summit Campaign, India (Moderator)
- Steve Hollingworth, Freedom from Hunger, United States
- C.S. Ghosh, Bandhan Microfinance, India
- Larry Reed, Microcredit Summit Campaign, United States
- J.D. Bergeron, Truelift, United States
- Mukul Jaiswal, Cashpor Microfinance, India
Questions? email us at info@truelift.org for more info or to RSVP