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Micro-finance & Cooperatives syllabus

EED 2209 units · 36 topicsAcademic year 2083/84
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Micro-finance & Cooperatives

9 units

1. Introduction of Microfinance (6 LHs)

  1. Microfinance meaning, importance, principles and history
  2. Microfinance models, clients and poverty
  3. Institutionalist and welfarist approaches
  4. Formal, semi-formal and informal providers

2. Microfinance Products and Services (6 LHs)

  1. Loans, savings, insurance, remittances and micro-leasing
  2. Non-financial services and joint-liability group lending
  3. Product development process
  4. Savings use and insurance importance for poor clients

3. Measuring Impacts of Microfinance (5 LHs)

  1. Impact evaluation and assessment
  2. Grading process, principles, indicators and ratios
  3. Over-indebtedness and client protection
  4. Responsible financial and social performance

4. Microfinance in Nepal (6 LHs)

  1. Evolution and models of microfinance in Nepal
  2. Institution types and major MFI products/services
  3. BAFIA and NRB unified directives for MFIs
  4. Issues and challenges in Nepal

5. Microfinance in action (4 LHs)

  1. Microfinance field visit and program operations
  2. Group formation and center meetings
  3. Client transformation and field-management issues
  4. Field visit report

6. Introduction to Cooperatives (4 LHs)

  1. Cooperative concepts, characteristics and functions
  2. Socio-economic roles and investor-owned business comparison
  3. Rochdale model and seven principles
  4. History in Nepal and international partnerships

7. Forms of Cooperative (5 LHs)

  1. Formation, renewal and termination in Nepal
  2. Producer, consumer, financial and labour cooperatives
  3. Marketing, agriculture, housing and multipurpose cooperatives

8. Governance and Regulation of Cooperatives (7 LHs)

  1. Boards, general assemblies and committees; member roles
  2. Regulation and supervision; Department of Cooperatives and NRB
  3. Federal, provincial and local cooperative regulation
  4. Cooperative directives
  5. General, executive and account-supervisory committee meetings

9. Emerging Issues and Challenges in Cooperatives (5 LHs)

  1. Women empowerment, poverty reduction and local resource mobilization
  2. Employment, governance, community awareness, digitalization and entrepreneurship
  3. Operational problems, social responsibilities and ethical issues
  4. Best practices and prospects