THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: Microfinane Governance
from GDRC's Programme on Microcredit and Microfinance
With more and more microfinance programmes being
set up in developing coutnries to provide financial
services to low-income households, the issue of
good microfinance governce has emerged as a
critical issue for programme sustainability.
Some of the key topics of governance related to
microfinance include the enhancement of programme
performance, creating an enabling environment for
programme delivery, microfinance rating systems,
moniroting and evaluation, and international
support for governance aspects.
GDRC has been working on these and related issues .
Resources on this topic are available at:
http://www.gdrc.org/icm/govern/govern.html
As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments
and suggestions are always welcome from users and
subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at -
mosaic@gdrc.org
FOCUS ON GDRC: LEARNING LESSONS
Good Information Packaging
The value of knowledge can be realized only when
it is disseminated and shared - and used. What
different design formats can be used to present
and package information?
Over the years, GDRC has collected more than 160
such formats. Some focus on the format of presentation,
and some on the content of the message. Some use
graphics to deliver the message, some use text.
Some present the message in listed points or in
summary/abstract format, some in descriptive/verbose
format. Some formats are temporal, short-term or long-
term, others atemporal. Some formats are specificaly
developed for online dissemination environments,
others offline - still others are appropriate for
both environments.
Depending on the message that is to be delivered, the
medium used, the target audience, the dissemination
process etc. the actual format used will vary. See
the following URL for a full list of the formats.
http://www.gdrc.org/info-design/continuum/continuum.html
MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE
Total hits encountered - 1,084,066
Total files downloaded - 868,803
Total pages viewed - 391,000
Total web visitors - 143,666
Total KBytes - 10,238,215
Pages per day - Avg. 13,033. Max - 16,914
Visits per day - Avg. 4,788 Max. - 5,633
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