Australian Development Gateway

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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Training resources and toolkits

Microfinance toolkits

This online toolkit provides a series of lessons designed to teach individuals and organisations to understand key concepts and approaches to providing microfinance and microcredit services.

There are 8 lessons provided including:

  • What is microfinance?
  • Rates of return and the cost of money
  • The 'downside' of microfinance
  • Commercial banks and microfinance
  • The financial reality of microfinance
  • Financial information and microenterprises
  • Accounting for financial service providers
  • Subsidies, profit and self sufficiency
 

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