This two week program is designed to provide concept and practice of Financial Inclusion and Microfinance as well as to provide a holistic perspective to participants. The program is ideal for entry level and middle management participants from financial institutions and banks operating or opening a microfinance desk.
Learning topics: Participants will learn a wide spectrum of Financial Inclusion and Microfinance concepts and activities that include:
Real time experience sharing through field visit case studies / special guest lectures
- Financial Inclusion / Microfinance & Livelihood Finance
- Behavioral Economics of the Poor and Financially Excluded
- Microfinance Resources, Access to Finance & Delivery Channels, Structures
- Microfinance Products, Product Designing & Interest Setting
- Using Technology
- Risk Management in Microfinance
- Managing Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)
- Sustainability, Ethics & Governance of MFIs
- Discussion on Regulations in countries of participants
- Impact on Livelihoods, Enterprise Creation and Social Performance
- Challenges, Bridging Gaps & Looking Beyond MFIs
- Transformation of MFIs
- Various Experiments & Experiences in the sector
Objective:Participants would be able to:
- Understand and appreciate the concepts of Financial Inclusion and Microfinance
- Practice them in their work place better
- Learn how microfinance helps livelihoods through Micro Enterprise and Job Creation
- Understand risks better and learn techniques to mitigate them
- Managing finances better and add up to the bottom lines
- Help in innovating new products and set interest rates
- Better understand issues such as Governance, Gender etc.
- Manage microfinance institutions better
Program dates: 26 February to 9 March 2018
Venue: AIT Campus, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Course director: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh
Course Coordinator(s): Ms. Kluaymai Thongkham and Ms. Farah Nashid Hossain
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