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About Us

This website is dedicated to the promotion of micro-credit/microfinance in Thailand. The hope is that by sharing information and experiences, microfinance practitioners in Thailand can improve their programs and services to their clients.


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FAQs

1. What is Micro-Credit?


2. What is a MFI?


3. Who are the clients of microfinance?


4. How does microfinance help the poor?


5. Aren't the poor too poor to save?


6. Why do MFIs charge such high interest rates to poor people?


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Events

July-Oct 2009 - Microfinance Training of Trainers Course
»An online training program for people interested in microfinance. Course materials are in English and in Thai.


21-25 September 2009 - Second ECHO Agricultural Conference (Chiang Mai)


Resources


There are many excellent sites on micro-credit on the internet. However; very few offer anything in the Thai language. The following is a collection of Thai and some English resources on micro-credit:


Information Documents


What is Micro-Credit

This article gives a basic introduction into the concept of micro-credit.

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A Billion Bootstraps by Phil Smith and Eric Thurman

This book is an excellent introduction into micro-credit and how it helps stop poverty. We highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning more about micro-credit.


An Interview with Dr. Yunus (2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner)

This article can be found on the internet at sarakadee.com. The article is an in depth look at why micro-credit was the recipient of the prize.


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Institutional Options

This document provides a basic picture of the various frameworks in which micro-credit can be conducted in Thailand.

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