AnnuAl RepoRt FY 2008 - Microfinance Information Exchange

MIX's Core Funders are:Deutsche Bank Americas FoundationThe Foundation’s work focuses on communitydevelopment projects, education programs, arts,and initiatives for fostering intercultural understanding.The Foundation is also the center of competence forDeutsche Bank’s global microfinance programs. Theactivities of the Americas Foundation are financedsolely from Bank donations.IFADIFAD was created 30 years ago to tackle rural poverty,a key consequence of the droughts and famines of theearly 1970s. Since 1978, IFAD has invested more thanUS$10 billion in low-interest loans and grants that havehelped over 400 million very poor rural women and menincrease their incomes and provide for their families.IFAD is an international financial institution and a specializedUnited Nations agency. It is a global partnershipof OECD, OPEC and other developing countries.Today, IFAD supports more than 200 programs andprojects in 85 developing countries and one territory.6