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A recap post about the Sanabel Annual Conference Day One Plenary Session: "Sanabel State of the Industry Regional Overview: Political Instability, What Does it Mean for the Industry?"

At the 2011 Sanabel Annual Conference, Executive Director Ranya Abdel Baki disucsses Sanabel's work in the MENA region, the current state of Arab microfinance, and the conference proceedings.

Hassan Faried kicked off the Sanabel Conference by introducing the theme of the event: Microfinance in the Arab Region - Challenges of the Past and Opportunities of the Future.

Watch video interviews with the presenters from After Hours Seminar #52, "The State of Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: Thoughts from Industry Leaders." Shari Berenbach, Director of the Microenterprise Development office at USAID; Sam Daley-Harris, Director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign; and Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO of CGAP provide key insights on financial inclusion and the future of microfinance.

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Andrew Pospielovsky of Access Bank discusses his key takeaways from the MFC Annual conference.

Monika Milowska, MFC Financial Education Program Manager, gives observations on financial education and its impact on the microfinance industry.

Ryan Elenbaum of Business and Finance Consulting shared his takeaways from the 14th MFC Annual Conference.

Kenan Crnkić on Prizma’s social performance management programs

Marco de Natale of BlueOrchard enjoyed the opening panel on the impact of microfinance at the MFC Annual Conference.

Rafe Mazer of CGAP discusses what he found interesting at the MFC Annual Conference.

Lisa Laegreid of Microcredit Summit Campaign emphasized the importance of both financial and social performance as prerequisites for balanced growth at the MFC Annual Conference.

Milford Bateman discusses changes that have taken place in the microfinance industry since his first MFC conference in 1999.

Raymond Maes speaks about the Commission’s work in microfinance, SME development and microenterprise development.

Ewa Bańkowska discusses MFC's social performance management strategies

Aldona Rutkowska of MFC discusses MFC's work in Europe and describes the JASMINE (Joint Action to Support Microfinance Institutions in Europe) program.

Katarzyna Pawlak of MFC spoke about the importance of social performance for microfinance organizations when building balanced growth.

Gulnara Shamshieva of Bai-Tushum and Partners discusses the difficult task of responsible microfinance and how her organization has been improving social performance management.

During the MFC Annual Conference, Antonio Separovic of Mambu discussed the highlights from the MFC annual conference and suggestions for future conferences

At Breakfast Seminar #59, Judy Payne gave a very interesting presentation on the role information and communication technologies can play in supporting agriculture value chain development.

ldona Rutkowska from MFC asks Piotr Koryński (MFC) to discuss how microfinance is developing in Europe and the challenges ahead.

The 14th Annual MFC Conference on "Reorienting Microfinance Towards Balanced Growth" had an impressive opening plenary session.

MFC Interviews 2011: Key Takeaways from Georgie Breskovski

On May 18th Microlinks interviewed Andrea Limone from PerMicro, an independent MFI in Italy that benefited from the MFC JASMINE program.

Key takeaways from Milford Bateman