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Welcome to IMFI.org!
IMFI.org is the web portal of the Iraq Micro-Finance Industry. The purpose of this portal is to provide a centralized location in which Iraqi microfinance interests can be shared, discussed, and researched. It will also act as a launch pad for those interested in microfinance from a broader sense by providing content and links to the greater microfinance community.
Visit frequently and please contribute with your feedback, suggestions, and most importantly, content of value and interest to the Iraq Microfinance Industry.
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Microfinance Loans Help Entrepreneurs Start Businesses and Create New Jobs
Tuesday, January 05 @ 06:09:10 MST by admin (162 reads) |  Dec. 23, 2009 - Executives from ten microfinance organizations gathered in the city of Dohuk recently for a Microfinance Partners’ Conference sponsored by the USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program. Part of the discussion at the three-day event centered on regulatory and technical issues. But the bulk of the time was spent studying new ways to extend micro credit to Iraqis hoping to start or expand their first business.
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College Begins at Four
Sunday, August 23 @ 04:51:54 MDT by fyelda (254 reads) | 19 August 2009 - Iraq’s economy may be dominated by state enterprises, but its educational system boasts exceptional private schools. In Baghdad, sons of fortunate families head off to the Al-Mansour or Al-Andalus academies. Baghdad’s brightest girls are signing up to attend Al-Bayan, which will open in January. Baghdad College is the hallowed prep school started by the Jesuits in 1931 which educated Ayad Allawi and Ahmad Chalabi and continues to produce leaders.
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Iraq Reconstructs Thanks to Microfinance Industry
Thursday, August 20 @ 06:04:53 MDT by fyelda (376 reads) | 10 August 2009 - Governing board members and executives from 11 microfinance organizations along with financing specialists from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program recently gathered in the Kurdish mountain town of Shaqlawa to assess the state of the microfinance industry and the vital role it plays in business creation and economic growth in Iraq.
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Quarterly Inflation Figures for 2009
Thursday, August 13 @ 00:27:41 MDT by fyelda (274 reads) | Quarterly inflation figures in 2009 are:
Second quarter of 2009 over the first quarter of 2009: -0.722%
First quarter of 2009 over the fourth quarter of 2008: -7.682%
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