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MICROFINANCE COMMUNITY, SOLUTION EXCHANGE
Microfinance Community of Practice was launched in October 2006. The community is facilitated by United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) and has around 4,500 members from banks, donor agencies, and community-
based organizations, civil society institutions, microfinance institutions (MFIs), associations and networks of micro-
finance. Microfinance community works as a powerful instrument of knowledge sharing to develop individual and
organizational capacities and strengthen policy environment to reduce poverty through microfinance initiatives and
innovations leading to enhance financial inclusion.
Till date, more than 250 knowledge products including consolidated replies (135), updates (80), reports of round-
tables and workshops, action group reports, ready reckoner, synthesis documents are produced and disseminated by
Microfinance Community. It undertakes eight types of activities and services—virtual knowledge-sharing services;
regular information services; knowledge to practice services (action groups); research-based activities; publication ser-
vices; key information/resource services; face-to-face events; and networking services.
For the last six years, Microfinance Community, Solution Exchange has been organizing e-discussions and round-
tables so as to provide consolidated inputs received from MF practitioners for this report.
