Proceedings of the Seminar on “Microfinance in North East” Organised by BIRD, Lucknow in Collaboration with IIBM, Guwahati on 28 and 29 January, 2011

Background to the Seminar

Centre for Microfinance Research (CMR), BIRD, Lucknow organises a 'National Seminar on Microfinance' annually in which various issues related to the microfinance scenario in the country are discussed and papers are presented by eminent practitioners of microfinance. However, it was increasingly felt that the issues related to microfinance sector of the North Eastern Region (NER) of the country were not being adequately addressed in the seminar. Microfinance sector of the NER is much more complex and challenging, as compared to the remaining part of the country due to reasons well known.