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< | If you have come to this starting point without an initial understanding of microfinance, please begin by going to the Grameen Foundation USA website page for an overview: http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/ and a general microfinance FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/faqs/.
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> | If you have come to this starting point without an initial understanding of microfinance, please begin by going to the Grameen Foundation microfinance page for an overview.
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The GFUSA website is also the best place to learn more about the overall scope and operations of the foundation ( http://www.gfusa.org/ ). Here is a link to the Grameen Foundation FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/faqs. | |
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- Review the terms of participation
- Developers: read the Developers KickStart for detailed information about steps to get started, accessing the code, coding standards, etc.
- All other volunteers If you not a software developer, please follow one of these links:
- If you have questions or simply have a good idea for recruitment, please send an email to mifos-volunteers@ lists.sourceforge.net
Orientation
Background Info and Research
More intro
The Microfinance Industry is characterized by high volume transactions, group solidarity lending, and field operations in economically poor rural locations. This environment makes the MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs) market niche difficult to support with commercial portfolio management and accounting products. At the same time, the grassroots philosophy, low margins, and innovative tendencies of the emerging microfinance industry make it a good match for Open Source systems development. Moreover, the lack of data standards makes long term financing more difficult and prevents necessary collaboration within the sector for credit checks, securitization, and poverty impact assessment.
Although numerous vendors have established themselves to serve this market, the lack of any industry data standards enforces a captive vendor-customer relationship and exacerbates an already difficult decision for MFIs to build or to buy. Given the market dynamics, many MFIs choose to build their own systems. It is therefore not uncommon to see inadequate systems that have been creatively applied to the problem domain but with severely negative impacts for workflow efficiency and scalability. For instance, a common platform for these solutions is Access DB™ and Visual Basic ™, with the inherent difficulties in those tools for creating highly scalable, distributed data environments, with connections to numerous data consumers. | | | | |
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- Other technical contributors who can help with testing, user interface definition, deployment, etc.
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> | Welcome to the home of the MIFOS wiki. | | | This is a web-based collaboration area for the Microfinance Open Source (MIFOS) project. If you are unfamiliar with Wiki, please see links at the bottom.
If you have come to this starting point without an initial understanding of microfinance, please begin by going to the Grameen Foundation USA website page for an overview: http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/ and a general microfinance FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/faqs/.
The GFUSA website is also the best place to learn more about the overall scope and operations of the foundation ( http://www.gfusa.org/ ). Here is a link to the Grameen Foundation FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/faqs. | |
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< | The Microfinance Industry is characterized by high volume transactions, group solidarity lending, and field operations in economically poor rural locations. This environment makes the MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs) market niche difficult to support with commercial portfolio management and accounting products. At the same time, the grassroots philosophy, low margins, and innovative tendencies of the emerging microfinance industry make it a good match for Open Source systems development. Moreover, the lack of data standards makes long term financing more difficult and prevents necessary collaboration within the sector for credit checks, securitization, and poverty impact assessment.
Although numerous vendors have established themselves to serve this market, the lack of any industry data standards enforces a captive vendor-customer relationship and exacerbates an already difficult decision for MFIs to build or to buy. Given the market dynamics, many MFIs choose to build their own systems. It is therefore not uncommon to see inadequate systems that have been creatively applied to the problem domain but with severely negative impacts for workflow efficiency and scalability. For instance, a common platform for these solutions is Access DB™ and Visual Basic ™, with the inherent difficulties in those tools for creating highly scalable, distributed data environments, with connections to numerous data consumers.
This project will address these issues by developing an architectural framework for components, stand-alone software components and tools that fit operational requirements of MFIs, and data standards for internal and external communication of data and report information.
Supported by Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) and involving other industry players, the Mifos project builds on the MicrofinanceInnovations of GFUSA.
Beyond this content, the Mifos project uses the base tools of java.net and of sourceforge.net including the CVS for code-check-in, tasking, and the listservs. Note that as a wiki site, the content is always "under development", so some parts will appear incomplete. | | | Get Educated: learn about Microfinance, Microfinance Institutions, and Mifos
- MifosFaqs and links for self-study of the "Mifos Domain": Microfinance, Microfinance Institutions and the Mifos program and product
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> | More intro
The Microfinance Industry is characterized by high volume transactions, group solidarity lending, and field operations in economically poor rural locations. This environment makes the MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs) market niche difficult to support with commercial portfolio management and accounting products. At the same time, the grassroots philosophy, low margins, and innovative tendencies of the emerging microfinance industry make it a good match for Open Source systems development. Moreover, the lack of data standards makes long term financing more difficult and prevents necessary collaboration within the sector for credit checks, securitization, and poverty impact assessment.
Although numerous vendors have established themselves to serve this market, the lack of any industry data standards enforces a captive vendor-customer relationship and exacerbates an already difficult decision for MFIs to build or to buy. Given the market dynamics, many MFIs choose to build their own systems. It is therefore not uncommon to see inadequate systems that have been creatively applied to the problem domain but with severely negative impacts for workflow efficiency and scalability. For instance, a common platform for these solutions is Access DB™ and Visual Basic ™, with the inherent difficulties in those tools for creating highly scalable, distributed data environments, with connections to numerous data consumers.
This project will address these issues by developing an architectural framework for components, stand-alone software components and tools that fit operational requirements of MFIs, and data standards for internal and external communication of data and report information.
Supported by Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) and involving other industry players, the Mifos project builds on the MicrofinanceInnovations of GFUSA.
Beyond this content, the Mifos project uses the base tools of java.net and of sourceforge.net including the CVS for code-check-in, tasking, and the listservs. Note that as a wiki site, the content is always "under development", so some parts will appear incomplete. | | | Web Site Tools
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Welcome to the home of the MIFOS wiki. | |
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< | This is a web-based collaboration area for the MicroFinance Open Source (MIFOS) project. If you are unfamiliar with Wiki, please see links at the bottom. | >
> | This is a web-based collaboration area for the Microfinance Open Source (MIFOS) project. If you are unfamiliar with Wiki, please see links at the bottom. | | | If you have come to this starting point without an initial understanding of microfinance, please begin by going to the Grameen Foundation USA website page for an overview: http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/ and a general microfinance FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/faqs/.
The GFUSA website is also the best place to learn more about the overall scope and operations of the foundation ( http://www.gfusa.org/ ). Here is a link to the Grameen Foundation FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/faqs. | | | Beyond this content, the Mifos project uses the base tools of java.net and of sourceforge.net including the CVS for code-check-in, tasking, and the listservs. Note that as a wiki site, the content is always "under development", so some parts will appear incomplete.
Get Educated: learn about Microfinance, Microfinance Institutions, and Mifos | |
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> | Welcome to the home of the MIFOS wiki.
This is a web-based collaboration area for the MicroFinance Open Source (MIFOS) project. If you are unfamiliar with Wiki, please see links at the bottom. | | | | |
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< | If you have come to this starting point without an initial understanding of microfinance, please begin by going to the Grameen Foundation USA website page for an overview: http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/ and a general microfinance FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/faqs/
The GFUSA website is also the best place to learn more about the overall scope and operations of the foundation ( http://www.gfusa.org/ ) Here is a link to the Grameen Foundation FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/faqs. | >
> | If you have come to this starting point without an initial understanding of microfinance, please begin by going to the Grameen Foundation USA website page for an overview: http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/ and a general microfinance FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/faqs/.
The GFUSA website is also the best place to learn more about the overall scope and operations of the foundation ( http://www.gfusa.org/ ). Here is a link to the Grameen Foundation FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/faqs. | | | The MicrofinanceIndustry is characterized by high volume transactions, group solidarity lending, and field operations in economically poor rural locations. This environment makes the MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs) market niche difficult to support with commercial portfolio management and accounting products. At the same time, the grassroots philosophy, low margins, and innovative tendencies of the emerging microfinance industry make it a good match for Open Source systems development. Moreover, the lack of data standards makes long term financing more difficult and prevents necessary collaboration within the sector for credit checks, securitization, and poverty impact assessment. |
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Welcome to the home of the MIFOS wiki. This is a web-based collaboration area for the MicroFinance Open Source (MIFOS) project. If you are unfamiliar with Wiki, please see links at the bottom. | |
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> | If you have come to this starting point without an initial understanding of microfinance, please begin by going to the Grameen Foundation USA website page for an overview: http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/ and a general microfinance FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/microfinance/faqs/
The GFUSA website is also the best place to learn more about the overall scope and operations of the foundation ( http://www.gfusa.org/ ) Here is a link to the Grameen Foundation FAQs document http://www.gfusa.org/about_us/faqs. | | | The MicrofinanceIndustry is characterized by high volume transactions, group solidarity lending, and field operations in economically poor rural locations. This environment makes the MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs) market niche difficult to support with commercial portfolio management and accounting products. At the same time, the grassroots philosophy, low margins, and innovative tendencies of the emerging microfinance industry make it a good match for Open Source systems development. Moreover, the lack of data standards makes long term financing more difficult and prevents necessary collaboration within the sector for credit checks, securitization, and poverty impact assessment.
Although numerous vendors have established themselves to serve this market, the lack of any industry data standards enforces a captive vendor-customer relationship and exacerbates an already difficult decision for MFIs to build or to buy. Given the market dynamics, many MFIs choose to build their own systems. It is therefore not uncommon to see inadequate systems that have been creatively applied to the problem domain but with severely negative impacts for workflow efficiency and scalability. For instance, a common platform for these solutions is Access DB™ and Visual Basic ™, with the inherent difficulties in those tools for creating highly scalable, distributed data environments, with connections to numerous data consumers. |
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< | Participants | >
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- We will be looking for volunteers in a variety of technical and non-technical roles:
- Developers - preferrably with Java and J2EE? experience
- Other technical contributors who can help with testing, user interface definition, deployment, etc.
- Non-technical contributors
Get up to speed: learn about the background and status of the project | | | | |
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Welcome to the home of the MIFOS wiki. This is a web-based collaboration area for the MicroFinance Open Source (MIFOS) project. If you are unfamiliar with Wiki, please see links at the bottom. | |
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> | The MicrofinanceIndustry is characterized by high volume transactions, group solidarity lending, and field operations in economically poor rural locations. This environment makes the MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs) market niche difficult to support with commercial portfolio management and accounting products. At the same time, the grassroots philosophy, low margins, and innovative tendencies of the emerging microfinance industry make it a good match for Open Source systems development. Moreover, the lack of data standards makes long term financing more difficult and prevents necessary collaboration within the sector for credit checks, securitization, and poverty impact assessment.
Although numerous vendors have established themselves to serve this market, the lack of any industry data standards enforces a captive vendor-customer relationship and exacerbates an already difficult decision for MFIs to build or to buy. Given the market dynamics, many MFIs choose to build their own systems. It is therefore not uncommon to see inadequate systems that have been creatively applied to the problem domain but with severely negative impacts for workflow efficiency and scalability. For instance, a common platform for these solutions is Access DB™ and Visual Basic ™, with the inherent difficulties in those tools for creating highly scalable, distributed data environments, with connections to numerous data consumers.
This project will address these issues by developing an architectural framework for components, stand-alone software components and tools that fit operational requirements of MFIs, and data standards for internal and external communication of data and report information.
Supported by Grameen Foundation USA(GFUSA) and involving other industry players, the Mifos project builds on the MicrofinanceInnovations of GFUSA. | | | Beyond this content, the Mifos project uses the base tools of java.net and of sourceforge.net including the CVS for code-check-in, tasking, and the listservs. Note that as a wiki site, the content is always "under development", so some parts will appear incomplete.
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Welcome to the home of the MIFOS wiki. This is a web-based collaboration area for the MicroFinance Open Source (MIFOS) project. If you are unfamiliar with Wiki, please see links at the bottom.
Beyond this content, the Mifos project uses the base tools of java.net and of sourceforge.net including the CVS for code-check-in, tasking, and the listservs. Note that as a wiki site, the content is always "under development", so some parts will appear incomplete.
Getting Started
Participants
Background Info and Research
Links and Resources
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