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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME |
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| DAY 1 Tuesday 12 August 2003 | ||
07:30 - 08:45 |
Registration |
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MORNING SESSION |
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| 08:45 - 09:00 | Conference Opening and Introduction, GerhardCoetzee, University of Pretoria and ECI Africa - South Africa | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Keynote address, Gill Marcus, Deputy Governor of the SA Reserve Bank  |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 | Regulatory challenges in increasing access to finance in Brazil, Antonio José Barreto de Paiva, Central Bank - Brazil |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Regulatory environment for Savings & Loans and approach to payday lending, Walter Mason, Office of Thrift Supervision - USA |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Interplay between regulation and access to finance, Open Discussion |
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| 11:15 - 11:40 | Refreshment Break | |
11:40 - 12:10 |
Tanzania: Developments in Community Banks & Regulatory Challenges Grace Rubambey, Central Bank - Tanzania
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| 12:10 - 12:40 | Increasing access to finance while protecting consumers: The South African Experience Gabriel Davel, MFRC - South Africa
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| 12:40 - 13:10 |
Panel discussion, Panelists - all speakers |
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| 13:10 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
AFTERNOON SESSION |
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| INNOVATIVE LENDERS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT | ||
| 14:00 - 14:40 | African Bank (Micro Finance Institution), Johan de Ridder, South Africa |
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| 14:40 - 15:20 | Alamana (Morocco), Fouad Abdelmoumni, Morocco |
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| 15:20 - 16:00 |
Microfianance Outreach Plan Co-ordination Unit, Henry Bagazonzya, Uganda |
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| 16:00 - 16:20 | Refreshments | |
COUNTRY MFI REGULATORY CHALLENGES |
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| 16:20 - 17:00 |
Panel discussion : Current best practices and future challenges Panelists - all speakers of the day |
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Parallel Session B: Savings led approaches in Rural FinanceChair: Yvonne Benn |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | Overview to the challenges of sustainable rural finance for the bottom 70% William J. Grant, ECI Africa - South Africa |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | Mata Masu Dubara - CARE's savings led experience in Africa, Hugh Allen, Regional Technical Advisor, CARE International - Niger |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Externally Managed Accumulating Savings and Credit Associations (ASCA's) in Kenya Nthenya Mule, Independent Consultant - Kenya |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Refreshments | |
16:00 - 16:30 |
Southern African experiences in savings led rural finance Ted Baumann, Community Microfinance Network - South Africa |
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| 16:30 - 17:30 |
Panel discussion, Panelists - all above speakers |
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| 19:00 - 22:00 | Bush Braai - Networking Evening complemented by good South African food and entertainment. Dress will be casual | |
| DAY 2 Wednesday 13 August 2003 | ||
MORNING SESSION
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Commercialisation of Microfinance: Balancing business and development Deborah Drake, ACCION - USA |
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| 09:45 - 10:30 | Is Cinderella finally coming to the ball? Microfinance in SA in broad perspective David Porteous, Finmark Trust - South Africa |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Capturing a Market Share? Migrant Remittance Transfers and Commercialisation of Microfinance in Africa, Cerstin Sander, Bannock Consulting - UK |
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| 11:15 - 11:45 | Refreshments | |
11:45 - 12:30 |
Allocation of credit in households - fungability towards "good" use Gerhard Coetzee, ECI Africa and University of Pretoria - South Africa |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Discussion of session issues |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
Parallel Session B: Housing Finance, status and innovationsChair: Moerana Maimane |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | A concrete investment: Maximising the contribution of shelter to poverty reduction goals through microfinance mechanisms, Diana Mitlin, International Institute on Environment and Development - London |
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| 09:45 - 10:30 | Competition or Co-operation? Understanding the relationship between banks, alternative lenders and government in the low-income housing finance sector, Kecia Rust, FinMark Trust - South Africa |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 |
The Kuyasa Fund: A new dawn for housing finance, Olivia van Rooyen, Kuyasa Fund - South Africa |
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| 11:15 - 11:45 | Refreshments | |
11:45 - 12:30 |
Leveraging Housing Subsidies to the "Unbanked" poor: Savings and Credit innovations, Ted Baumann, Bay Research and Consultancy services - South Africa |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
AFTERNOON SESSION Chair: Thozama Domi |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | The Breakthrough of micorfinance into small farmer lending in West Africa, Betty Wampler, CIRAD - France |
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| 14:45 - 15:15 | Individual lending in rural finance: The IPC model, Dick Meyer, OSU - USA |
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| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Small farmer livelihood strategies and the impact on seasonal finance product design, Colin Poulton, Imperial College at Wye |
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| 15:45 - 16:15 | Refreshments | |
16:15 - 16:45 |
International review of term lending in agricultural development, Anthon Slangen, FAO |
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| 16:45 - 17:15 | New thinking in rural and agricultural finance, Douglas Graham, OSU - USA |
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| 17:15 - 17:45 | Open Discussion, All above are panel members | |
| 19:00 - 23:00 | Official Conference Dinner - a veritable feast. Dress will be casual. | |
| DAY 3 Thursday 14 August 2003 | ||
MORNING SESSION Chair: Gerhard Coetzee |
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| 08:45 - 09:00 | Microfinance in the context of Angolan post war community rehabilitation, Allan Cain, Development Workshop - Angola |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | Refocusing from product driven to market driven approaches in microfinance, David Cracknell, MicroSave Africa - Kenya |
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| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Group discussions and report back |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Refreshments | |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Case study - the complete cycle from market research to product launch - the story of Teba Bank, Thozama Doni, Teba Bank - South Africa |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Product Development and Institutional Strategy - a case study of Karela MicroFinance, Pete Sparreboom, Consultant - Mozambique |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
General discussion on issues from the session |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
Parallel Session B: Poverty, Risk, Impact and Exit Issues in MicrofinanceChair: Cerstin Sander |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | A Review of Impact Assessment Methodologies and Outcomes, Gary Woller, Brigham Young University - USA |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 | Poverty, Social Performance and Organisational Learning: Institutionalising Impact in Microfinance, Anton Simanowitz, University of Sussex - UK |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Impact Assessment of Microfinance in India, Frances Sinha, EDA Rural Systems - India |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Refreshments | |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Mitigating and Managing Systematic Risks: Emerging Lessons for Micro and Rural Finance Institutions, Geetha Nagarajan, American University - USA |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Examining Client Exit in Micro Finance: Current Issues and Empirical Results in a Malian Institution, Doug Graham, Ohio State University - USA |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Discussion of papers in the session |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
Afternoon SessionChair: Roland Pearson |
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| 14:00 - 16:00 | Open discussion session on main issues Panel of selected Conference speakers and the participants |
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