Multi Country Workshop on Support for Euro-Mediterranean industrial cooperation on Access to Finance Organised by the European Commission (TAIEX) Milan, Italy 13 to 15 December 2011 Microfinance in MENA Challenges and Opportunities Ahead Guadalupe de la Mata 1
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Microfinance in the MENA region after the Arab Spring
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Multi Country Workshop on Support for Euro-Mediterranean industrial cooperation on Access to
Finance
Organised by the European Commission (TAIEX)Milan, Italy
13 to 15 December 2011
Microfinance in MENAChallenges and Opportunities Ahead
Guadalupe de la Mata
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1. Need for financial inclusion in MEDA2. Microfinance in MEDA: Main features3. Regional context update4. Challenges and opportunities5. The role of different actors to face the challenges
and opportunities (Governments, MFIs, Donors)
Topics for discussion
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Update on MENA Microfinance Sector
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Microfinance in the region before the Arab spring
Source: Mix Market web site
Region N of MFIs
% of MFIs from total
% outreach from total
Countries with highest outreach in REgion
Africa 150 15% 9% Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda