Executive Director and Chair of the Management Board, Viator Microcredit Azerbaijan

Deborah Drake

Daniel Rozas

Narasimhan Srinivasan

Aynur Aliyeva

Roshaneh  Zafar

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Join this session featuring two leaders of microfinance institutions from the CFI/e-MFP report, "Weathering the Storm II," and the report's author, Daniel Rozas. Moderated by CFI Vice-President Deborah Drake. 

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<a href="https://centerforfinancialinclusion.org/weathering-the-storm-ii-tales-of-survival-from-microfinance-crises-past/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Weathering the Storm II</a> synthesizes the experiences and lessons from 16 institutions in 14 countries on four continents that faced a variety of crises over a 15-year period. Its aim is to use these lessons to inform those facing future crises, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the key findings from this study is that deep crises have long tails, with most institutions taking at least five years simply to get back to their pre-crisis size.

The <a href="https://www.e-mfp.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">European Microfinance Platform</a> (e-MFP) and CFI are pleased to invite you to join this event featuring the leaders of two of these institutions – Kashf Foundation, Pakistan, and <a href="https://centerforfinancialinclusion.org/weathering-the-storm-ii-a-case-study-of-viator-azerbaijan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Viator Microcredit Azerbaijan</a>. They will be joined by the <a href="https://centerforfinancialinclusion.org/people/daniel-rozas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lead author</a> of the Weathering the Storm project, as well as the author of the case study of <a href="https://centerforfinancialinclusion.org/weathering-the-storm-ii-a-case-study-of-spandana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spandana, India</a>, an expert on the 2010 Andhra Pradesh crisis. Together, they will discuss how past crisis experience has helped them face COVID-19. A question and answer period will round out the event.

Panelists:
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 	<li>Aynur Aliyeva, Executive Director and Chair of the Management Board, Viator Microcredit Azerbaijan</li>
 	<li>Roshaneh Zafar, Founder and Managing Director of Kashf Foundation</li>
 	<li>Narasimhan Srinivasan, Freelance consultant and author of WTS II case study on Spandana</li>
 	<li>Daniel Rozas, author of Weathering the Storm I and II and Sr. Microfinance Expert at e-MFP</li>
 	<li><a href="https://centerforfinancialinclusion.org/people/deborah-drake/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deborah Drake</a> (moderator), Vice President, Investor Engagement and Research, CFI</li>
</ul>
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