After witnessing a massive growth in expansion of the SHG - Bank Linkage in the past few years, NABARD organized a National Level Policy Conference at New Delhi India to take stock of:
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How far have we traveled in the field of microFinance?
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What is the road map for the future?
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What could be the future role of NABARD
This was a major event after the National level Conference on SHG - Bank Linkage in November 2002 in New Delhi. The present high level policy conference was a combined effort of two key support agencies for the microFinance movement in the country viz. GTZ and SDC. The present conference was attended by 99 participants representing government, banks, parastatal bodies, NGOs, microFinance experts, donors & domain experts and academics from India & abroad.
Presentation of theme papers and deliberations were held on core themes like
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Present Status of microFinance: Future Challenges
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SHG - Bank Linkage Programme: New Directions
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mFIs in India: Future Scenario
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Government Sponsorship and Regulatory Issues
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Innovations in microFinance
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Forecasting the Future
The opening address, keynote and seminar paper laid the tone of the conference discussions: |
