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- Jan, 2012In August 2011, MIX launched a map that displays the location of 819 microfinance banks currently licensed to operate in Nigeria. The map gives a basic view on the market supply of microfinance services, in the context of some key factors such as mobile...
- Nov, 2011Growth slows, followed by the decline The 2010 crisis in Andhra Pradesh (AP) halted the rapid expansion of the Indian microfinance market, causing a high concentration of microfinance institutions in AP to become unsustainable. For the first time,...
- Oct, 2011В 2010 году сохранились высокие темпы роста основных показателей развития рынка микрофинансирования в Узбекистане. Рынок микрофинансирования становится отдельным сегмен-том рынка финансового посредничества, имеющим свою нормативно правовую и ре-...
- Aug, 2011In 2006, the Central Bank of Nigeria began to transform a network of several hundred community banks into ‘microfinance banks’ (MFB). Since that time, the registration rolls have ballooned, now to over 900 institutions, albeit not without...
- Jul, 2011A recent spate of articles, commentaries and in some cases regulations have highlighted the pitfalls of rapid expansion, over-indebtedness and default. The experience of the microcredit sector in Afghanistan is in many ways a microcosm of...
- May, 2011How can we define responsible financial performance? This is part two of a four-part series covering our current state of knowledge about the relationship between key financial and social performance indicators, produced as a prelude to the...
- May, 2011Last week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued new regulations for microfinance providers, based on the conclusions of the Malegam Committee. Since the regulations contain several provisions that can be analyzed using public data on the sector, we...
- Apr, 2011L'édition 2010 du Rapport Comparatif Moyen Orient Afrique du Nord (abrévié MENA pour Middle East and North Africa) présente les dernières tendances régionales fondées sur un échantillon de 37 IMF de 7 pays (Egypte, Jordanie, Liban, Maroc, Palestine,...
- Mar, 2011Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the largest markets in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, experienced rapid growth from 2006 to 2008, but crashed in 2009 as a result of high indebtedness among clients and the adverse effects of the global financial crisis....
- Mar, 2011The development of microfinance in Uzbekistan at the end of the 1990s started with the government strategy to support the development of private entrepreneurship and small and medium size business in the country. These efforts were accompanied by the...
- Mar, 2011Since 2008 and after more than a decade of strong growth, the microfinance sector of the WAEMU experienced a slowed growth due to indirect effects of the financial crisis, which led to a slowdown of certain categories of economic actors. Growth was also...
- Feb, 2011Depuis 2008 et après plus d’une décennie de forte croissance, le secteur de la microfinance au sein de la région UEMOA a ralenti sa croissance en raison des effets indirects de la crise financière sur le ralentissement des activités de certaines...
- Jan, 2011The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) released its annual report Microfinance Market Report for Latin America and the Caribbean 2010. The report is a comprehensive analysis on the state of the microfinance industry in the Latin America and...
- Jan, 2011El Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) anunció hoy el lanzamiento de su informe anual Reporte del Mercado de Microfinanzas para América Latina y El Caribe 2010. El informe es un análisis comprehensivo sobre el estado de la industria de microfinanzas...
- Jan, 2011Looking forwardIndian MFIs rely on debt to finance most of their operations, with most of these funds coming from Indian banks based on priority-sector lending arrangements. During the crisis in Andhra Pradesh, this stock of debt has been seen as both a...
