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Operational Environment
Often, the reasons for project and small business failure result from unforseen obstacles created by their operational environment.
Addressing a range of potential obstacles and enabling elements, this section provides resources for use by project and business managers in business planning and operations, risk management and project design activities. It includes case studies, analytical documents, contextual information and relevant research bodies, networks and contacts.
Regulation and Supervision
- What is the relationship between financial development & economic growth in China?
- Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development
- Protecting microfinance borrowers
- Guidelines for the review of microcredit loan portfolios
- Role of governments in microfinance
- Guiding principles on regulation and supervision of microfinance institutions
- Regulatory requirements for microfinance
- Policies, regulations and systems that promote sustainable financial services to the poor
- Regulation and supervision of microinsurance report 2004
Efficiency and Sustainability
Governance, Transparency & Corruption
Gender and Cultural Issues
- Combining microfinance and training on gender and HIV: a proven approach to reduce poverty & halve violence against women
- Pacific women in private sector development
- Microfinance and gender equality: are we getting there?
- Empowering women through microfinance
- Supporting women's livelihoods: microfinance that works for the majority
- Women, microfinance, and savings: Lessons and proposals
Taxation
Specific Situations (Security, Post Disaster etc.)
Research Bodies and Topics
Networks and Business Associations
- Australia Pacific Islands Business Council
- Australian Papua New Guinea Business Council
- Council of Small Businesses of Australia
- Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand
- Diversity of networks in microfinance today
- Global directory of regional and country-level microfinance networks
- www.business.gov.au
- APEC centre for technology exchange and training for small and medium enterprises
- World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises
- International Council on Small Business