Objectives:
By the end of this Module, the participants will be able to:
Understand the importance of micro-enterprises as a tool of poverty
alleviation in developing countries.
Identify ways of financing micro-enterprises.
Explain the roles and responsibilities of the governing body and legal
authorities in the development of Micro-finance operations.
Develop and manage different micro-finance products.
Facilitate the promotion, establishment and management of rural and urban
micro-financing operations.
Course Content:
Micro-Enterprise Philosophy.
Development of Micro-Enterprises.
Micro-Enterprises Financing (Community & Village Banking perspective).
Micro-Finance: Nature, Role, Product Design, Impact and Sustainability.
Portfolio Management and interest rates setting.
Financial Analysis of micro-finance institutions.
Date:
13 - 25 September 2004.
Venue:
MS-TCDC, Usa River, Arusha - Tanzania.
Participants:
Loan officers, credit officers, managers and coordinators of Micro finance
Institutions (MFIs), NGOs, CBOs, government sectors and consulting firms in
the field of micro finance and SACCOS. |