Program: Purpose: Amount: Term: Start date: Location:

Microfinance Train microfinance professionals $1.4 million through June 2009 Ongoing 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
• Microfinance Centre for Central Asia and the Newly Independent States, Poland
• Microfinance Management Institute, 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.