MBB ISSUE NO. 12, SPRING 2006: FOCUS ON MFI PERFORMANCE BY REGION
The featured articles, and book review of this issue are: “Overview of the Outreach and Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Africa” by Anne-Lucie Lafourcade, Jennifer Isern, Patricia Mwangi, and Matthew Brown; “Championship League: An Overview of 80 leading Latin American Providers of Microfinance” by Jared Miller and Renso Martinez; “Performance and Transparency: A Survey of Microfinance in South Asia” by Blaine Stephens and Hind Tazi, and “Madeline Hirschland (ed.), Savings Services for the Poor: An Operational Guide” by Charles Waterfield. In the Bulletin Highlights section, Blaine Stephens and Peter Wall discuss the median financial and operational results for 302 MFIs, as well as, the second edition of the MicroBanking Bulletin Trend Lines, intended to address the pressing need to meaningfully track industry performance over time.
Articles in this issue:
Overview of the Outreach and Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Africa
Anne-Lucie Lafourcade, Jennifer Isern, Patricia Mwangi, and Matthew Brown
Championship League: An Overview of 80 leading Latin American Providers of Microfinance
Jared Miller and Renso Martinez
Performance and Transparency: A Survey of Microfinance in South Asia
Blaine Stephens and Hind Tazi
Book Review: Savings Services for the Poor - An Operational Guide
Charles Waterfield
2004 Benchmarks: Profitable Growth Continues to Drive Down Costs
Blaine Stephens and Peter Wall
