Microcredit Summit Campaign Co-Chairs Honorary Co-Chairs Her Majesty, Queen Sofía of Spain Former Prime Minister of Japan, Tsutomu Hata Council Co-Chairs Council of Heads of State and Government *Manuel Zelaya, Former President of Honduras Council of Advocates *Chief Bisi Ogunleye, Chair, Country Women’s Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Joanne Carter, Executive Director, RESULTS, USA Premal Shah, CEO, Kiva, USA Council of Banks and Commercial Finance Institutions Eugene Ludwig, Managing General Partner, Promontory Financial, USA Andrew Krieger, Managing Director, Elk River Trading LLC., USA Council of Bilateral Donor Agencies *Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Spain Council of Corporations Franck Riboud, CEO, Groupe Danone, France Council of Educational Institutions Ned Hill, Former Dean, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, USA Council of Foundations and Philanthropists Pamela Flaherty, President, Citi Foundation, USA Council of International Financial Institutions *Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy Janamitra Devan, Vice President, Financial & Private Sector Development, The World Bank Group, USA Council of Non-Governmental Organizations Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair, ICARDA and Global Water Partnership, Canada Mazide Ndiaye, President and CEO, Forum for African Voluntary Development Organizations (FAVDO), Senegal Council of Parliamentarians Wakako Hironaka, Member of the House of Councilors, Japan Dr. Aziz Akgül, Former Deputy for Diyarbakır, Parliament of the Grand National Assembly, Turkey Council of Practitioners Ela Bhatt, Founder, Self Employed Women’s Association, India *John Hatch, Founder, FINCA International, USA Ingrid Munro, Founder and Managing Trustee, Jamii Bora Bank, Kenya Carmen Velasco, Co-Founder and Director, Pro Mujer, Bolivia *Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh Council of Religious Institutions William Vendley, Secretary General, World Conference on Religion and Peace, USA Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, India Council of United Nations Agencies Noeleen Heyzer, Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand *Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization, Switzerland Published in 2012 by the Microcredit Summit Campaign (MCS) 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 United States of America Copyright 2012 Microcredit Summit Campaign All rights reserved ISBN # 978-0-9763704-7-5 Layout by Dawn Lewandowski Photos courtesy of: Front (L-R): MCS Sabina Rogers Pro Mujer Back (L-R): Sabina Rogers MCS Al Rafah Bank Those indicated with an * are also members of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Executive Committee
STATE OF THE MICROCREDIT SUMMIT CAMPAIGN REPORT 2012 Written by Jan P. Maes Larry R. Reed Compiled by Sam Daley-Harris D.S.K. Rao Sabina Rogers Camille Rivera With assistance from Anna Awimbo Sterenn Bodennec Kristopher Budi Sue Casey Ayesha Datwani Fabiola Diaz Anna Garriott Jeanne Gessa Lisa Laegreid Laura Lalinde Jesse Marsden Dalia Palchik Sheila Rao Camila Rodríguez Campo Xochitl Sanchez Jan Maes is an independent microfinance and enterprise development consultant. He specializes in knowledge management and learning related to sustainable livelihoods and inclusive markets for households living in extreme poverty. Larry Reed is the former CEO of the Opportunity International Network. His current work involves industry-wide initiatives to protect clients and expand the transformational impact of microfinance. On January 1, 2012, Larry Reed will become the director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign.
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