MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Innovation Center for Resources and Alternatives (MICRA) of Philippines to Join Grameen Foundation's Bankers without Borders Alliance, Organize Volunteer Consultants Working with Microfinance Institutions

Bankers without Borders [BwB] Alliance, a volunteer initiative of the US-based nonprofit Grameen Foundation, recently announced that Microfinance Innovation Center for Resources and Alternatives [MICRA], a microfinance consulting and advisory firm in the Philippines, will become the fifth member of the alliance [1]. The existing members of BwB are: Promuc of Peru, Contactar of Colombia, Access Development Services of India and Grameen-Jameel, which operates in the Middle East and North Africa. BwB also collaborates with the US-based Association for Enterprise Opportunity. BwB helps microfinance institutions [MFIs] to improve their reach, impact and sustainability by engaging volunteers to provide onsite and remote technical assistance, training and consulting.As part of the membership, MICRA will receive.....Continue reading here.Contact MicroCapital to receive a complete sample issue of the MicroCapital Monitor, the monthly microfinance newspaper.