Allianz Knowledge - Microfinancehttp://knowledge.allianz.comMicroinsurance provides poor people with coverage for only a few dollars a year. Jean-Jacques Laffont from Allianz AGF in Paris explains why a commercial insurer is interested in low-profit business in Egypt.http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/laffont_agf_egypt.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/laffont_agf_egypt.html?mediacode=rss_feedThe lack of financial education is a major obstacle to insurance coverage for poor people. Can puppets do the trick?http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microfinance_basics/microinsurance_consumer_education.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microfinance_basics/microinsurance_consumer_education.html?mediacode=rss_feedAn interview with Lynne Patterson, co-founder of Pro Mujer, an organization that has linked microcredit loans with health services, education, and training for women for nearly 20 years.http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microfinance_basics/patterson_pro_mujer.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microfinance_basics/patterson_pro_mujer.html?mediacode=rss_feedRalf Radermacher of the New Delhi-based Micro Insurance Academy explains why community-based institutions are so important to expanding insurance, and how big insurance companies fit into the picture.http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_radermacher.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_radermacher.html?mediacode=rss_feedMicroinsurance has long been now disregarded in Africa. Allianz has teamed up with Planet Finance to provide microinsurance for poor people in a number of African countries. In Egypt, the project is already underway.http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_egypt_agf.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_egypt_agf.html?mediacode=rss_feedIt is difficult to earn money with microinsurance. Michael Anthony explains why a commercial insurer like Allianz still offers insurance to the poor.http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_allianz_anthony.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_allianz_anthony.html?mediacode=rss_feedWith the expansion of microfinance, criticism is mounting that loans for poor people without financial education can become a debt trap. How real is the threat?http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microcredit/microfinance_debt_trap.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microcredit/microfinance_debt_trap.html?mediacode=rss_feedCan NGOs and microfinance institutions increase access to insurance for poor people? Michael J. McCord, CEO of the MicroInsurance Centre, thinks commercial banks and insurers can better reach the world's billion potential insurance clients.http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_centre_mccord.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microinsurance/microinsurance_centre_mccord.html?mediacode=rss_feedAneel Karnani at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business says despite its growing popularity, microcredit is not the best way to help poor countries out of poverty.http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microcredit/microcredit_aneel_karnani.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microcredit/microcredit_aneel_karnani.html?mediacode=rss_feedMicrofinance institutions have lent billions to poor people worldwide. Now the global credit crunch has made lending money more expensive. But has it also affected the microfinance sector?http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microcredit/financial_crisis_credit_crunch.html?mediacode=rss_feedhttp://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/microfinance/microcredit/financial_crisis_credit_crunch.html?mediacode=rss_feed