MBB ISSUE NO. 8, 2002: FOCUS ON STANDARDIZATION 2
Date:
November 2002
Quick summary:
The second of a two-part series, this eighth issue of the Bulletin focuses on the importance of standardization to facilitate the comparison of information across MFIs.
Featured Articles
Definitions of Selected Financial Terms, Ratios, and Adjustments for Microfinance
Roundtable
Comparing Apples to Oranges: Using MFI Ratings
Alice Nègre and Karen Maguire
Trends in Latin American Microfinance
Damian von Stauffenberg
Microcredit in Brazil: The Gap Between Supply and Demand
Jaime Mezzera
In the Highlights section, Isabelle Barrés discusses 19 peer groups consisting of 147 participating microfinance institutions (MFIs), from 53 countries.
