Special Seminar by Prof. Tazul Islam (2008/07/10)
Date: July 10(Thu.)，2008 16:30 -18:00
Venue:Room 207 on the 2nd floor of CSEAS East building
Topic:The Grameen Bank and the Bank Rakayat Indonesia:
Sharing of Experiences between the Two Microfinance Giants
Speaker: Prof. Tazul Islam (CSEAS Foreign Visiting Research Fellow)
Abstract:
With a brief overview of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and
the Bank Rakayat Indonesia, this presentation explores the financial
services currently being provided by these two microfinance giants and
in the process highlights their impact on poverty alleviation and
financial sustainability: the two main issues which make a micro finance
institution successful. Basing mainly on secondary data, the paper
concludes that both the giants have many lessons to learn from each
other. In case of Grameen, though much has been done in Grameen Phase
Two, there does still appear to be considerable scope for increasing the
range of savings services needed to better meet the needs of the poor.
Likewise, in contrast to the sophistication that has developed in the
savings services of the Bank Rakayat Indonesia, the range of lending
services does not seem to be as well developed.
Contact: Koichi Fujita(ex. 7321)