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Increasing Access
to Financial Services While Balancing Supervisory Interests (part II) , Ricki Tigert Helfer, Independent Consultant, Financial Regulation and Reform International and Former Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the US
A Brief Discussion on Credit Bureaus , Kate Lauer, Independent Consultant, with assistance from Monika Harutyunyan, Legal Advisor, Medi and Timothy Lyman, President, Day Berry & Howard Foundation
Microfinance in Central Asia: Varied, Growing, Reforming , Tom Jacobs, Project Manager, Microfinance Legislation Development Project (MLDP)
Policy Monitor No. 5 is available for download. English version pdf file
Russian version pdf file
Increasing Access to Financial Services While Balancing Supervisory Interests , Ricki Tigert, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the US
Moldova - Saving and Credit Association of Citizens , Igor Gheorghita, Legal Advisor, State Supervision Unit for Saving and Credit Association of Citizens
Lithuanian Credit Unions: Overview of Legal Environment , Jurgita Igaryte, Legal Advisor, Association of Lithuanian Credit Unions, Lithuanian Central Credit Union
Taking Care of The Mission Means Taking Care of The Client , Ximena Arteaga, Regulation and Policy Specialist, FINCA International
Policy Monitor No. 4 is available for download. English version pdf file Russian version pdf file
Tajikistan - Microfinance Law Being Developed , Kate Lauer, Independent Consultant
Kazakhstan - New Microcrediting Law Adopted , Marcin Fijalkowski, Microfinance Centre
Bosnia & Herzegovina - The Region's First Specialized Microlending Law Set to Undergo Changes , Timothy R. Lyman, Berry & Howard Foundation and
Mihret Dizdar, Foundation for Sustainable Development
Azerbaijan - Legal Challenges of Microfinance , Faud Mammadov, ACDI/VOCA and Chingiz Mammadov, Azerbaijan Microfinance Association (AMFA)
Montenegro - Central Bank Regulates Microfinance Operations
, Luka Djurovic, Alter Modus
Mongolia - NBFIs and their legal environment
, D. Undral, XacBank, Mongolia
Microfinance Banks and Policy Dialogue , Charlotte Grey, EBRD
Planning for Taxes , Craig Gibian, Shearman & Sterling and
Deborah Burand, FINCA International
IMF Working Paper: Microfinance Institutions and Public Policy , Daniel C.Hardy, Paul Holden and Vassili Prokopenko, International Monetary Fund
Interview with Ms. Gulnara Dijkanbaeva , Board member, National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
Policy Monitor No. 3 is available for download. English version pdf file Russian version pdf file