MBB ISSUE NO. 8, 2002: FOCUS ON STANDARDIZATION 2
Date:
November 2002
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.
