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One of the major objectives of the Institute of Microfinance (InM) is to disseminate the past, present and future information and knowledge available in the microfinance sector to the general population of Bangladesh. In order to do that, InM will have to collaborate with many national and international organizations and academic institutions. With this view, InM has already collaborated with the following organizations: 
 
a.  Collaboration with National Institutions:
 

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Collaboration with PKSF: Institute of Microfinance is to implement its goals and objectives for the microfinance sector of Bangladesh, has built a strong relationship with Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), the leading wholesale credit lending organization of Bangladesh. InM intends to continue its collaboration with PKSF in the long-run in terms of research, training and knowledge dissemination for the development of the microfinance sector. As a part of this collaboration InM has been involved in three separate research studies with PKSF. The studies include: Identification of monga affected households in greater Rangpur, Overlapping of microcredit programs, and Assessment of the Impact of PKSF interventions on Sustainability of Partner Organizations (POs).
     
 

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Collaboration with Grameen Bank and Grameen Trust: InM has been collaborating with Grameen Bank and Grameen Trust from the beginning of its inception. The organizations have been contributing to the resource development of InM and generously gave complementary copies of all of their publications. Beside this, Grameen Trust has sponsored a research study on ‘Lending Interest Rate of the Microfinance Sector in Bangladesh’.

     
 

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Students of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) and United International University (UIU) went to 12 districts across Bangladesh to collect data on a research project titled ‘Is Lending Interest Rate of Microcredit Organization High? – An In-depth Examination' - a joint project initiated by Institute of Microfinance and Grameen Trust.
     
b.  Collaboration with International Institutions:
    Institute of Microfinance wants to be the precursor of Microfinance sector of Bangladesh all over the world. In that view, InM has already been collaborating with Microcredit Summit, through exchange of information and data on the microfinance sector of Bangladesh. InM will also participate in the Regional Microcredit Summit, to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan in March, 2008.