An In-House Training of Business Plan Development at the office of INSIGHT, in Timor Leste

Posted on August 10, 2011 by jbsconsulting

JBS-CONSULTING will shortly conduct a one day in-house training of Business Plan Development to staff member and other participants coordinated by INSIGHT, a social research institute headquartered in Dili, Timor Leste.

This In-House Training is planed to be conducted on August 13, 2011 with about 20 participants, at the office of Insight.

Training is aimed to enrich the participants instead of having better understanding in preparing business plan, is also expected to be able to spark the participants in the more ‘entrepreneurial spirits’ and better ways of doing business.

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Welcome to Mrs. Johanna M. Kodoatie PhD on-board

Posted on August 9, 2011 by jbsconsulting

Management of JBS-CONSULTING is warmly welcoming you to be one of our associate consultants/experts, which we believe that your involvement will strengthen our service of consulting – training – technical assistance to our clients.

Mrs. Johanna gets her economic Doctorate degree in Australia, and is a faculty member of a state university in Indonesia. Her main expertise is include but not limited in statistic & econometric, but also expert in developing the design of taxation model, provide training & seminars related to financial matters, and conduct such macro economic research and survey.

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World Bank lends $531 million to Indonesia’s Community Empowerment Program

Posted on July 25, 2011 by jbsconsulting

Indonesia’s largest community-driven poverty reduction program – the $1.3 billion National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM Mandiri IV) in Rural Areas will be receiving a World Bank loan of $531 million. More than 60,000 rural villages will be benefiting from the Program which provides funds to poor rural and urban poor communities so they can invest in their own development priorities.

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Socio-Economic base line study in Timor Leste

Posted on July 20, 2011 by jbsconsulting

JBS Consulting in collaboration with INSIGHT, a research institute in Timor Leste is now jointly approaching a new project related to socio-economic base line study in Timor Leste. The study will include 5 districts and addressed to 3 different target groups, namely government agencies, program partner and independent respondents scattered in those five districts.

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Is the Mexican Microfinance Sector approaching crisis point?

Posted on July 20, 2011 by jbsconsulting

Calmeadow foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization that has been supporting innovative ideas in microfinance for over two decades. Managed by Financial Consulting Firm Omtrix, Calmeadow focuses on improving the microfinance industry by identifying and addressing industry bottlenecks and investing in funds which provide catalytic capital to help the industry grow.

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