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CGAP recently established regional representatives in several regions to improve communications and services for CGAP, funders, policy makers, financial service providers and other key contacts.
Please send us your comments and suggestions on CGAP's regional work to Jennifer Isern, CGAP Regional Co-ordinator and Sub-Saharan Africa Team Leader, and for comments on this regional webpage, please send your ideas to Estelle Lahaye

East Asia/Pacific

 Asian Development Bank's Response to SmartAid 2007
 Cambodia: Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review
 Cambodia: Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (Brief)
CGAP South Asia Microfinance Funders Roundtable
Notes on Regulating Branchless Banking in the Philippines
 Philippines Notes on Regulating Branchless Banking
State-Owned Development Banks in Microfinance
Sustaining Microfinance in Post-Tsunami Asia (CGAP Brief February, 2005)

Africa: Evolving Policies for Microfinance

A 2007 CGAP survey provides some insight into the current state of regulatory and supervisory frameworks for microfinance on the continent and identifies overall trends.


South Asia

Financial Institutions with a Double Bottom Line
CGAP South Asia Microfinance Funders Roundtable
Notes on Regulation of Branchless Banking in India
Notes on Regulation of Branchless Banking in Pakistan
 Pakistan: Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Partners, Coastal Sindh, Pakistan
 South Asia Funder Roundtable Recommendations
 Sri Lanka: Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review
Sustainability of Self-Help Groups in India
Trickle Up, West Bengal, India

Latin American/Caribbean

Crafting a Money Transfers Strategy
Managing Risks and Designing Products for Agricultural Microfinance
Apex Institutions in Microfinance
A Multilateral Donor Triumphs over Disbursement Pressure
Is Microfinance an Effective Strategy to Reach the Millennium Development Goals?

West Asia/North Africa

Country Diagnostic Reports
Morocco | Algeria | Tunisia | Yemen | Jordan | Syria
More on West Asia / North Africa
CGAP Key Principles of Microfinance
Islamic Microfinance Focus Note
CGAP WANA Initiative Updates
January - April 2008
September - December 2007
For information in Arabic, visit
The Microfinance Gateway

Sub-Saharan Africa

CGAP seeks to expand the depth, quality, and outreach of financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa by building on existing CGAP activities, funder member initiatives, and new partnerships.
Access to Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Europe/Central Asia

Region
Microfinance in ECA (PDF)
Policy
Notes on Regulating Branchless Banking in Russia
Fourth Krakow Forum on Policy, Law and Regulation for Inclusive Finance
Regional data
2008 CGAP Funder Survey: ECA Snapshot (PDF)
2006 MIX report on Central Asia (PDF)
Country reports
Bosnia Savings Assessment (PDF)
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