Posts Tagged ‘kazakhstan’

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 17, 2009: Speaking at an investment conference in Astana recently, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Thomas Mirow has urged the Kazakh authorities to improve the business climate for small companies to help broaden the base of the country's economy. Speaking at the 22nd Plenary Session of the Foreign Investors’ Council (FIC), chaired by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Mr Mirow ... Full story

Microfinance Focus , November 18, 2009—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will provide long-term capital support to JSC ATFBank with a $60 million subordinated loan, helping promote access to finance for small and medium enterprises in Kazakhstan. IFC’s investment will help increase the availability of banking services and financial products for Kazakh small and medium enterprises at a time of limited funding opportunities in ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Aug. 20, 2009: The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, is sending its executive vice president Izumi Kobayashi to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Georgia at the end of August on a fact-finding mission. Full story