10,000 WOMEN GS/KMD Advanced Program DAY 1: Micro and Local Currencies Kenji Saito February, 2010 Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 On Microfinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.4 What Are Local Currencies Anyway? . . .