Microfinance Focus, September 30, 2011: The Global Microcredit Summit has added two new associated sessions to its agenda. The two new sessions are titled ‘When Governments Attack MFIs: What Are the Legal Protections?’ and ‘Social Performance: what does the market want - Interpreting research from MIX and Moody's Research Labs’.

The Global Microcredit Summit will be held November 14-17, 2011 in Valladolid, Spain. A total number of 32 associated sessions covering a wide range of issues will be conducted during the Summit.

Some of the dynamic speakers at the Summit include Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus, Queen Sofía of Spain, Sir Fazle Abed of BRAC, former Mexican President Vicente Fox and Danone CEO Franck Riboud.