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The first in a projected series of DFF publications is the Executive
Summary of Capital Plus: The
Challenge of Development in Development Finance Institutions,
published by the Aspen Institute and available in printed copy and pdf
format. The full text of "Capital Plus" is also available for
download here.
Capital Plus was written
by the Forum's members for fellow practitioners as well as socially minded
investors and donors. "Capital Plus" recognizes that the work of
development finance institutions often includes not only intermediation of
financial capital but also the intermediation of complex social and civic
relationships. Development finance institutions can serve as catalysts for
the creation of unique coalitions of public agencies and private
institutions to address the constellation of constraints that must be
tackled in order to have significant impact on poverty alleviation and
economic development. By mobilizing the array of players needed to address
the complexity of issues, development finance institutions play a key role
in building and supporting not only financial capital but also social capital — inter-personal and
inter-group networks and relationships that are reliable, reciprocal, and
trustful — among DFI clients and between clients and the broader economy.
The second publication in the series (available here in pdf format) is Fundusz Mikro: An Experiment In
Partnership-Based Microfinance: 1998 - 2002 by Witold
Szwajkowski, DFF member and former CEO of Fundusz Mikro, Poland. This paper
explores the manner in which Fundusz Mikro has used product development and
relationship building to develop an innovative support system for Polish
entrepreneurs, who are learning to work within a capital markets framework.
A longer version of this paper is also included here, Fundusz Mikro's Secrets and Discoveries.
The following essays and articles written by members of the Forum are
available for download here.
:: Capital
Plus (Executive Summary) by the Development Finance Forum
:: Capital Plus (Full Version)
by the Development Finance Forum
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Fundusz
Mikro: An Experiment in Partnership-based Microfinance: 1998-2003 by
Witold Szwajkowski
:: Is
Microcredit the Answer to Poverty Eradication by Vijay
Mahajan
:: Frontier
Storms: The Rural Finance Story by Chris Hock
:: The
Swamp of Learning by Vijay Mahajan
:: Fundusz
Mikro's Secrets and Discoveries by Witold Szwajkowski
:: How Do
We Learn Presentation by Raúl Hernández-Garciadiego
:: Attracting
Equity to Mission Driven Development Finance Institutions by Paul DiLeo
:: Water
for Everyone by Bambang Ismawan
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