About Norfund

Norfund (Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries) is an investment company intended to develop and establish profitable and sustainable enterprises in poor countries. The objective is to promote business development and contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation.

Norfund's investment universe is East and Southern Africa, in addition to Central America and selected countries in Souteast Asia.

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Norfund's Summer Conference 2010

Click here for the presentations from Norfund's Summer Conference 26 August 2010

Norfund in the news
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Microfinance investor demand rises in spite of financial crisis and decreased demands for funding
microrateMicroRate recently launched its 5th annual survey of microfinance investment vehciles (MIVs).  The survey measure the development of a relatively new category of funds and other intermediaries that mobilize investments in rich countries and channel them to microfinance institutions in the developing world. NMI, the Norwegian Microfinance Initiative, is one of the survey’s respondents.  The survey coveres 78 of the 88 MIVs currently operating within the microfinance sector, with data as of December 31, 2009. 

MicroRate 2010 MIV Survey - Report
MicroRate 2010 MIV Survey - Presentation
MicroRate 2010 MIV Survey - Summary
 
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