Datum: 10 februari van 12.00 tot 14.00 uur

Plaats: Brussel

Organisatie: BRS vzw, Cera, Febelfin

Over the last decades microfinance has grown as a powerful tool to alleviate poverty worldwide.

Is microfinance being affected by the financial crisis? If so, how? Because of the very fast growth of microfinance institutions and the increasing competition between them, we are today facing an industry that is different from the image of microfinance that investors often hold. For example, microfinance is said to flourish when economic times are bad. Is this still true? What lessons for investors in microfinance are emerging from the crisis?

Damian von Stauffenberg will address these questions at the 1st Microfinance Lunch Break in Brussels. Mr. von Stauffenberg is the founder of MicroRate, the premier rating agency specializing in microfinance. MicroRate has closely followed MFIs in developing countries since 1996, the year when it introduced ratings to microfinance.