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Alterfin: Thirty Years of Human Yield
Author: Caterina Giordano, Alterfin. In the last of our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives taking place in 2025, Caterina Giordano of Alterfin reflects on three decades of cooperative finance rooted in people rather than profit. Drawing on its experience as a Belgian cooperative investor in sustainable family farming and microfinance, the post introduces the concept of “human yield” — a cooperative-driven approach to measuring impact that places d
Dec 16
Building A Resilient Future: How WFP’s Inclusive Risk Financing Work Is Strengthening Resilience By Advancing Financial Inclusion For The Most Vulnerable
Author: Andrea Camargo, World Food Programme (WFP). On March 12th, e-MFP was pleased to launch the European Microfinance Award (EMA) 2025...
Sep 10
Renewing e-MFP’s Gender Lens Investing Action Group: Building a Shared Resource for the Sector
Author: Sam Mendelson, e-MFP GLI Action Group Lead. Over the past decade, gender lens investing (GLI) has become a widely embraced...
Sep 2
SIDI: Social Investment Innovations for Smallholder Farmers and Rural Cooperatives in the Global South
Authors: Emmanuel Gagnerot & Adèle Voyeux, SIDI. In the eighth in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives,...
Jul 31
Cooperatives and Inclusive Insurance: Unlocking Protection for Low-Income Communities
Authors: Sabbir Patel & Matthew Genazzini. In the seventh in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives, Sabbir...
Jul 8
The Beauty and the Beast As One: Insights On Working With Farmer Organizations And Cooperatives
Author: Michaël de Groot, Rabo Rural Fund . In the sixth in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives, Michaël...
Jul 3
Listening, Learning, Improving: How Client Voices are Central to Bettering Cooperatives’ Outcomes
Author: Oikocredit. In the fifth in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives, Oikocredit shares lessons from...
Jul 2
Strengthening Armenia’s Agricultural Cooperatives: Lessons from the Jinishian Memorial Foundation’s Two-Decade Journey
Author: Gevorg Aboyan, Jinishian Memorial Foundation. In the fourth in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of...
Jun 24
Strengthening Resilience Through Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance: Lessons from Zambia’s Contract Farming Model
Authors: Douglas P. Daura & Nihar Jangle, GIZ. On March 12th, e-MFP was pleased to launch the European Microfinance Award (EMA) 2025 on...
Jun 17
Just One Tool In The Toolbox: How We Can And Must Design Integrated Insurance Solutions To Build Resilience
Author: Craig Churchill, ILO. On March 12th, e-MFP was pleased to launch the European Microfinance Award (EMA) 2025 on ‘Building...
Jun 10
Are Cooperatives Fit for Purpose in Accelerating a Sustainable Transition in Africa?
The CoopStar initiative, and other reflections from the BRS Microfinance Lunch Break Author: Bart Speelman, BRS. In the third in a new...
Jun 3
Cooperatives: A Key Driver for MFIs to Improve the Livelihoods of Cocoa-Producing Communities
Authors: Albert Dah & Armel Katinan Ouattara In the second in a new blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives,...
May 27
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