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Directory of development organisations
The directory of development organizations, listing 43.500 development organizations, has been prepared to facilitate international cooperation and knowledge sharing in development work, both among civil society organizations, research institutions, governments and the private sector. www.devdir-microfinance.org

The Rural Finance Learning Centre
The Rural Finance Learning Centre is the new information gateway providing access to information and materials designed to support capacity building in organisations providing financial services in rural areas. www.ruralfinance.org 

CGAP
CGAP is a consortium of 28 public and private development agencies working together to expand access to financial services for the poor in developing countries.
www.cgap.org

UNCDF
UNCDF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Least Developed Countries through a variety of innovative approaches in both local development and microfinance.
www.uncdf.org/english/index.php

The Mix
The MIX (Microfinance Information eXchange) aims to promote information exchange in the microfinance industry.
www.themix.org

Mix Market
The MIX MARKET ™ is a global, web-based, microfinance information platform.  It provides information to sector actors and the public at large on microfinance institutions (MFIs) worldwide, public and private funds that invest in microfinance, MFI networks, raters/external evaluators, advisory firms, and governmental and regulatory agencies.
www.mixmarket.org

Microcredit Summit
Campaign to ensure that 100 million of the world's poorest families, especially the women of those families, are receiving credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the year 2005.
www.microcreditsummit.org/

Microfinancegateway

The Gateway ranks today as the number one microfinance site on Google, designed to serve the needs of a growing and changing industry for information on a broad range of industry participants, including microfinance institutions(MFIs), banks, donors, networks, consultants, service providers, academics, and policy makers.
www.microfinancegateway.org/

The International Labour Organisation

The Interbnational Labour Organisation (ILO) promotes the use of microfinance for Decent Work: job creation, better working conditions, less child labour and debt bondage, social justice. www.ilo.org/socialfinance