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5 th Annual Conference Nice
The European Microcredit Research Award
2008 - Fundación Nantik Lum
In the frame of the EMN 5th Annual Conference, EMN and its Spanish member
Fundación Nantik Lum have launched the European Microcredit Research
Award 2008.
This Award is endowed with €1,000.
In June 2008, EMN and Nantik Lum launched a call for research papers dealing with
one of the various issues related to microfinance in Europe such as social exclusion,
social and financial performance, client targeting, financial literacy, etc. The Selection
Committee received 13 propositions and selected the three best of them.
The final winner is going to be announced during the Conference.
Additionally, the researchers are going to present their research papers in front of the
audience in the Conference research strand to take place on 10th of September 2008
from 8h30-10h30 moderated by Fundación Nantik Lum.
This document contains the three selected research papers:
S. Brana, Senior Lecturer, University Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV:
“Microcredit in France: does Gender matter?”
Dr. Karl Dayson, executive director, Pål Vik, research assistant, Community
Finance Solutions, University of Salford, United Kingdom:
“Making European microfinance more sustainable – lessons from Britain”
Michael Unterberg, research assistant, EVERS & JUNG GmbH:
“Microfinance as a European policy issue – policy images and venues”