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Some Funding Sources that may be helpful:

- Building Credit Scorecards for Small Business Lending in Developing Markets - http://www.microfinance.com/English/Papers/Scoring_SMEs_Hybrid.pdf

- MicroFranchises as a Solution to Global Poverty - http://www.omidyar.net/group/poverty/file/7.35.11055472357/

- The Social Impact of Microfinance and How to Measure It - http://www.responsability.ch/de/5_4discuspaper/DiscusPaper2.pdf

- Aid for the Poorest? The distribution and maldistribution of international development assistance - http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/filedownload.do~itemId=1043955

- How Donors Can Help Build Pro-Poor Financial Systems (Donor Brief No. 17) - http://www.microfinancegateway.org/files/21671_066.pdf

-Mobilising Resources for the Millennium Development Goals - http://www.helsinkiprocess.fi/netcomm/ImgLib/24/89/Track2.pdf

- New CGAP Donor Guidelines: Fostering Aid Effectiveness in Microfinance - http://www.cgap.org/portfolio/03.html#06

- Strategic Marketing for Microfinance Institutions - http://www.microfinancegateway.org/files/22629_ST_Strategic_Mkting.pdf

- Practical Skills for Microentrepreneurs: ACCION’s Experiences with its ABCs of Business Training Program - http://www.accion.org/insight/

- Toolkit on how to run Business Development Services (BDS) - http://www.bds-ethiopia.net/documents.html

- Financing SMEs in Africa - http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/59/34908457.pdf

- Socially Responsible Microfinance Practices - http://topics.developmentgateway.org/microfinance/rc/filedownload.do~itemId=1032620

- Support for Microenterprise as Asset-Building: Concepts, Good Practices, and Measurement - http://www.microfinance.com/English/Papers/Microenterprise_as_Asset_Building.pdf

- Self-Employment, Microenterprise, and the Poorest - http://www.microfinance.com/English/Papers/Self_Employment_and_Poorest.pdf

Source: Development Gateway (www.developmentgateway.com)

Various Arts and Development Grant Providers:

-Verde Ventures Fund, Conservation International - http://www.conservation.org/xp/verdeventures/

-USA National Endowment for Humanities - http://www.neh.fed.us/grants/grantsbydivision.html

-Foundation Center- http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml

-Arts Supporting Foundations - http://www.cdsfunds.com/arts_supporting_foundations.html

-Ford Foundation - http://www.fordfound.org/

-FundsNet : Arts Foundations and Funders - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

- OneWorld - http://radio.oneworld.net/section/community/funding/funders

-Top 50 U.S. Foundations Awarding Grants for the Arts and Culture- http://fdncenter.org/fc_stats/pdf/04_fund_sub/2002/50_found_sub/f_sub_a_02.pdf

If you would like to share information on funding resources please contact us at Funding Resources.