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	INAFI Bangladesh Relief Work for Cyclone SIDR Affected People Click for Details

	PREM-INAFI Seminar on Prospects for a Flood Insurance Market in Bangladesh Date: July 3, 2007 See Details
	VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT INAFI Bangladesh is going to implement a project titled ‘‘Institutional Support for Productive Utilisation of Migrant Workers Remittances’ through its 5 partner NGOs/MFIs. Date: August 06, 2008 See Details

In 1995, twenty-five microfinance practitioners from three continents, viz., Asia, Africa, and Latin America established the International Network of Alternative Financial Institutions (INAFI) in Peru. INAFI, now a network of 118 NGOs/MFIs operating in 38 countries in three continents, continues to have twofold commitment to development as it had, though it is now headquartered in The Hague, and registered under Dutch law: every INAFI member is highly dedicated to the eradication of the root causes of poverty, and secondly, INAFI members are committed to implementing individual programs. INAFI members are as distinct from each other as the countries they work in. They differ in context, outreach, service delivery mechanisms, and structure. Some only provide microfinance services; others have added technical assistance and training programs, while others still manage integrated social development programs. Some provide direct financial intermediation while others assume promotional roles and support self-help groups, and are putting them in contact with banks or other lending organizations

INAFI has a Global Assembly that meets once every two years to review the implemented activities and to plan the strategy for the future. INAFI�s International Secretariat headquartered in Dakar, Senegal implements the international program and facilitates the activities of the continental activities through three regional secretariats: Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Each region is a semi-autonomous body, and has its own Executive Council, and Executive Director. The Regional Secretariats manage the day-to-day operations in the countries of their region and facilitate the co-ordination among them as well as with the International Secretariat. Each region also has a Regional Assembly that meets once every two years to evaluate activities and to discuss that region�s strategies. INAFI Asia is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh whereas the African regional secretariat is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and INAFI Latin America is located in Mexico City, Mexico. INAFI Asia however downscaled by four national chapters: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Philippines whose total members, at present are 72.

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