The Third Annual Microfinance Conference hosted by the Centre for Microfinance This conference will feature renowned development economists and CMF research partners Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Prof.Rohini Pande and Jonathan Morduch (NYU).The conference will feature results from the much-cited CMF-JPAL study on the impact of Spandana's expansion into the slums of Hyderabad.Dr.Nachiket Mor and Ms.

The Perspectives on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness Conference is co-hosted by the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), the Networks of Networks on Impact Evaluation (NONIE) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie).The Conference serves as the Fifth AfrEA Conference, following on those held in Nairobi (1999 and 2002), Cape Town (Dec 2004) and Niamey (Jan 2007). It is the first conference organized by the new International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), and will include activities to introduce 3ie to the evaluation and development communities.