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Ali Faroun discusses PMA's recent steps to strengthen financial consumer protection and promote financial literacy among Palestinian youth

There have been steady increases in volunteering organizations that offer opportunities for diaspora community members to return and serve in their home countries.

Nancy Taggart of EDC discusses the USAID EQUIP3 project at the Making Cents International Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference. 

Making Cents Founder and CEO Fiona Macaulay discusses the evolution of the conference, key conference takeaways, and the importance of a knowledge management framework.

Making Cents International Founder and CEO Fiona Macaulay provides a preview of the 2012 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference. Fiona discusses key themes and invites participants to help shape next year's conference by visiting youtheconomicopportunities.org.

Kristin Lamoureux of the SAVE Travel Alliance, a member of VEGA, explains the systems concept of the Visitor Experience Value Chain and its importance for sustainable tourism development.

Amanda MacArthur of CDC Development Solutions (CDS), a member of VEGA, talks about the six main interventions that make up the CDS Tourism Employment & Opportunity (TEMPO) approach.

“Cloud-based” services offer economic benefits, but donors supporting programs that rely on these services should be certain that implementation partners are informed consumers of these services.

This blog was originally posted on the CGAP Microfinance Blog as part of a blog series looking at the role public funders can play in branchless banking. How can governments effectively support mobile financial services (MFS) expansion? Over the past ten years, the U.S. government (USG) has provided both direct and indirect support for MFS program development. Here are some examples of how the USG has acted as an indirect catalyst to support program development and implementation.

Overview of microfinance in India, Russia, South Africa and Latin America

Corrinne Ngurukie of YouthSave discusses YouthSave's focus on providing the evidence base for youth savings products

"Tourism done well," according to Kristin Lamoureax, means that issues of sustainability, local engagement, job creation, cultural sensitivity, and policy issues are all taken into account.

Diego Rios of the Microfinance International Corporation provides key takeaways from his presentation during After Hours Seminar #56, "Linking Remittances Beyond Consumption with Housing Microfinance." In this video, he discusses the Transnational Loan Program, which provides a “bridge” for immigrant communities living in the US back to their home countries through access to formal financial services and products, especially mortgages.

Bill Grant of DAI provides key takeaways from his presentation during Breakfast Seminar #63, "Formalization of the Warm Milk Channel in Kenya: A Study in Effective Facilitation." In this video, he discusses the importance of facilitation and some of the key requirements to ensuring effective facilitation: strong value chain and end market analyses.

During my recent presentation with Harun Baiya (SITE Enterprises) on the formalization of the raw milk sector in Kenya, we discussed how good facilitation techniques can lead to the sustainable development of a value chain.

On May 17, 2011, The U.S. Department of State, The United States Agency for International Development, United States Trade and Development Agency, and Migration Policy Institute convened to launch the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) at the Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum.

Last week during Learning Week 2011 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC, I attended a session, “Innovative Approaches to Financial Inclusion: How is the G-20 Addressing the Access Challenges?” The panel included Bailey Klinger, Cofounder and Director of the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab; Raúl Hernández-Coss, Director General for Access to Finance; Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor; and Samuel Munzele Maimbo, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance and Private Sector, Africa, World Bank.

Ms. Ratcliffe talks to Microlinks about talks on the Campaign for Client Protection in Microfinance at the MFC Conference in Belgrade, 2009.

Mr. Flintham talks to Microlinks about decreased microborrowing in Eastern Europe amid the the Global Financial Crisis, from the MFC Conference in Belgrade, May 2009.

Ms. Johansson from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management talks with Microlinks about the state of MFI training at the MFC Conference in Belgrade.

Grameen Foundation Director, Human Capital Center, discusses insights with Microlinks on building human capital in MFIs at the MFC conference in Belgrade, 2009.

Mr. Ruehmer talks to Microlinks, providing an assessment of MFIs and advice for them amid the global financial crisis at the MFC Conference in Belgrade, 2009.

Mr. Townshend talks to Microlinks at the MFC conference in Belgrade, May 2009.

Ms. Ratcliffe shares her MFC Conference takeaways with Microlinks at the MFC conference in Belgrade, 2009.

MFC's Chair of the Board of Directors Gert van Maanen discusses with Microlinks MFIs and the global financial crisis, at the MFC Conference in Belgrade, 2009.