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The Microbanking Bulletin

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.