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2006 Nepal - Benchmarking Nepal's Microfinance Banks

2006 Nepal - Benchmarking Nepal's Microfinance Banks

Date: 
February 2008

This report draws on outreach data from 18 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Nepal and financial performance information from a subset consisting of 9 retail microfinance banks. The sector’s performance is contextualized against results from a set of 86 MFIs across South Asia.

This report on Nepal’s microfinance market shows that the outreach remains limited, but the sector has made tremendous strides despite political unrest.