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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270321 [Title] => ADB to host 2-day regl confab on microfinance [Summary] => The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will host a two-day regional conference starting tomorrow on the positive growth of microfinance in the region and developments towards its commercialization.
"Microfinance is considered today as one of the effective development tools for poverty reduction. However, microfinance development is an unfinished agenda and a majority of the poor still do not have access to a broad spectrum of financial services," said Nimal Fernando, ADBs lead rural finance specialist.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246935 [Title] => Microfinance still sustainable, says ADB [Summary] => Microfinance can help the poorest of the poor reduce the severity of their poverty, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) senior microfinance expert said in the latest issue of Finance for the Poor.
In an article in the quarterly newsletter, ADB lead rural finance specialist Nimal Fernando said there has been uneasiness among promoters of microfinance about failure to reach the poorest - defined as those in the bottom half below the poverty line.
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