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The Microbanking Bulletin

MBB ISSUE NO. 10, 2005: FOCUS ON TREND LINES

Date: 
March 2005
Quick summary: 
The tenth edition of the MicroBanking Bulletin introduces the first publication of Trend Lines, a special edition of the MicroBanking Bulletin dedicated to the analysis of trends in retail microfinance performance.

Featured articles

Use Caution When Analyzing Adjusted MFI Performance Data: Adjustment Methodologies May Have Different Impacts

Fabio Malanchini and Alice Nègre

Enabling Growth: An Analysis of Compartamos’ Expansion

Jared Miller

PADME: An Analysis of Ten Years of Performance

Margot Brandenburg

A Review of the Bosnian Microfinance Sector: The Move to Financial Self-Sufficiency

Mark Berryman and Justyna Pytkowska

The Highlights section, by Blaine Stephens, discusses the sustainability of MFIs over time by reviewing the 60 MFIs that constitute the Trend Lines data set.