Enterprising migrants in the driver’s seat
Author: Klaas Molenaar. IntEnt Foundation, December 2009

Enterprising people migrate. Over time, we have come to understand that enterprising migrants integrate successfully in society by setting up new businesses. With one foot in their country of origin and the other in their country of residence, they contribute to development in whichever society they live in.

The IntEnt approach (developed by Triodos Facet) is innovative, as it blends business creation concepts with entrepreneurship development and financing of small and medium (starting) enterprises (SME). Concepts developed in various SME promotion and development programmes as well as in the area of migration, integration and development have been applied.

This book makes the know-how gained available to a wider public. The practical experience can serve as material for professionals and practitioners interested to set up similar programmes and to policy makers in search of ways to link Integration, Migration, Development and Entrepreneurship. This can be applicable not only in the Netherlands, but also in other European countries where a growing number of people contemplate to launch similar programmes.

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Risk Management and Sustainability Management: A Handbook for Microfinance Practitioners 2009
Authors: Tom Baur, John Guzowski, Geert Jan Schuite, Triodos Facet, September 2009.

This Handbook on Sustainability and Risk Management is intended to help microfinance institutions by suggesting a practical approach for improving their performance. Few areas of banking are more important these days than the ability to mange risks. As the sector professionalises, the environmental, health and safety impact becomes more relevant to financial institutions. Eleven practical tools form the core of this handbook.

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Trends in Microfinance
Authors: Stefan Platteau, Hedwig Siewertsen, Triodos Facet , May 2009.

Triodos Facet has looked into the future and found trends in Microfinance for 2010 - 2015. Read about the disappearance of the term microfinance, the entrance of new service providers and the future of self help groups, technology and value chain development in microfinance.  

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Microfinance, (only) for enterprising people?
... a diverse market requires a novel approach...
Author: Klaas Molenaar (TF), November 2008. ISBN/EAN: 978-90-77812-25-9

Microfinance, (only) for enterprising people? That’s the title of the book written by Klaas Molenaar and published by the University of Applied Sciences InHolland. The book was presented during a ceremony where he was installed as professor in Microfinance and Small Enterprise Development. In this book an analysis is given of various developments and trends in the microfinance sector in developing countries and Europe. An assessment is made of the lessons that can be drawn for the development of microfinance in the Netherlands. A special plea is made to pay more attention to the design and development of microfinance services for the (part-time and temporary) self-employed and for people who wish to be engaged in self-employment only to add some income to their wages and/or social welfare benefits. The development of Microcredit 2.0 based on IT and the internet is advocated as well.

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Promoting Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship in Europe.
Authors: Joep Vonk, Gerrit Ribbink, Triodos Facet, September 2008.

This booklet reports on the state of the art in European policies in the Promotion of Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs.
The authors freely based the text on a study that was carried out by Triodos Facet and the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) of the University of Amsterdam (2008) on behalf of the Directorate General enterprise and Industry of the European Commission. The study identified 146 policy measures and 103 professional organizations providing services to ethnic minority entrepreneurs across 32 countries in Europe. From among these policies 12 good practices were analysed in depth. The study showed substantial differences in the spread and nature of such policies over the continent. Although the success of a programme is bound by situation and context specific factors we argue that the European Commission should strive to create a general facility that supports the emergence of country or region specific approaches. Finally, we make a case for mainstreaming measures targeting immigrants with general entrepreneurship programmes.

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Microfinance in the Netherlands: Uncharted territory. Opportunities and challenges.
This Triodos Facet study summarizes why microfinance is getting more and more attention in the Netherlands. The study was carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, with a view to clarify the availability of funding for young and mall-scale entrepreneurs in general, and ethnic entrepreneurs in particular. In course of the study, the question arose how to encourage more people to start their own business when offered microcredit, possibly in combination with training and coaching, and how to involve banks more actively in this process. (2007)

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Micro Finanzas en Argentina. Situación y oportunidades de desarrollo.
Authors: Stefan Platteau (TF), Gerrit Ribbink (TF) y Osvaldo Elissetche (EyP).
Triodos Facet (FACET BV), Buenos Aires, Roma. Enero 2006.

In December 2005, Princess Máxima visited Brazil and Argentina in her role as ambassador for the Year of the Microfinance. By way of introduction, Triodos Facet consultants Stefan Platteau and Gerrit Ribbink, together with Osvaldo Elissetche (E&P, Argentina), wrote a paper for Máxima on microfinance in Argentina. This paper has been expanded and published as a booklet to be distributed among donor agencies, microfinance institutions and other relevant organisations.
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Guarantee Funds for Small Enterprises. Manual for guarantee fund managers.
Authors: Klaas Molenaar (TF) and Linda Deelen (ILO).
2004, FACET BV/ ILO Turin, Italy. ISBN 92-2-116033-5
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WEZESHA Private-Public Partnership in Dialogue.
The experience of [WEZESHA] Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the Lake Zone, Tanzania (2000-2004). FACET BV & PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 2004.
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De overtreffende trap van ondernemen. Good Practices voor Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen in Derde Wereldlanden.
Author: Maikel Mahangi, FACET BV/SMO/Fair Trade Organisation.
January 2003, SMO, Den Haag. ISBN 90-6962-197-5
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