2008 MIX Global 100 Composite

For the second year running, MIX presents its Composite Ranking of the performance of microfinance institutions. Based on data published on MIX Market, the MIX Global 100 Composite Ranking highlights institutions that achieve high outreach and low transaction costs while being both profitable and transparent. The ranking offers a view onto well rounded, leading microfinance service providers. In its first year, the MIX Global 100 Composite Ranking purported to be “a starting point for investigations into microfinance institutions,” a focal point for discussions on attributes of a well performing MFI. To judge by industry reactions, both private and public, the concept largely met that goal. Readers wrote in and spoke out about the ranking and offered feedback on how to improve it. MIX has benefited from this discussion, and the section on “An Evolving Methodology” highlights some of the changes in store for future editions of the MIX Global 100 Composite Ranking.

March 2009 - This report has been updated to reflect some technology changes.