The MasterCard Foundation
Foundation Blog   |   Twitter   |   CONTACT US   |   SITE MAP   |   NEWSROOM
  About UsMicrofinanceYouth LearningOur ProgramsWhat We Are Learning  
 

Programs At A Glance
  Microfinance Program
Fact Sheets
 
ACCION International
 
Aga Khan Foundation Canada
 
BRAC
 
BRAC Development Institute and BRAC USA
 
Calmeadow: Higher Education Finance Fund
 
CARE Canada
 
Catholic Relief Services - Latin America
 
Catholic Relief Services - Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Equity Group Foundation Financial Literacy
 
Freedom From Hunger
 
Grameen Foundation USA
 
Making Cents International
 
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)
 
MEDA And Fonkoze
 
Microfinance Information Exchange Inc.
 
Microfinance Opportunities 
 
Microfinance Transparency 
 
Opportunity International Canada
 
Participatory Microfinance Group For Africa (PAMIGA)
 
Plan Canada
 
Save The Children Canada
 
SEEP NETWORK
 
The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program
 
UNCDF MicroLead
 
UNCDF YouthStart
 
Water.org
 
Women’s World Banking
  Youth Learning Program
Fact Sheets
  Youth Learning and Microfinance Nexus
Program Fact Sheets

 
The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program
Program:
Purpose:
Amount:
Term:
Start date:
Location:
Microfinance
Train microfinance professionals
$3.9 million
Five years
2008
Global

 

Why We Partnered

Leadership and management quality are critical to the long-term success of microfinance institutions. The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Scholarships are provided, based on financial need, through the following microfinance training institutions:

  • The Boulder Institute of Microfinance, USA
  • The Coady International Institute, Canada
  • Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany
  • Harvard Business School and ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance, USA
  • School of Applied Microfinance, Kenya

Results to Date

  • More than 400 practitioners trained from 98 developing countries

The Foundation does not provide scholarships to individuals. Please address any inquiries to the institutions directly.

Suggested Reading
 

Microfinance Handbook, An Institutional and Financial Perspective

Joanna Ledgerwood, Published in 1999 by The World Bank

 
 

 

Terms of Use  |  Photo Credits