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.....

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