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- 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,...
- 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...
- Nov, 2010En los dos últimos años muchas instituciones de microfinanzas (IMF) de Latinoamérica fueron afectadas fuertemente por los efectos de la crisis financiera internacional y aunque el sector de microfinanzas en Perú logró un desempeño distinto al...
- Nov, 2010Las Microfinanzas en Nicaragua, las cuales destacaban años atrás en el istmo centroamericano y que fueron un referente internacional debido a su constante crecimiento, gran afluencia de inversionistas extranjeros, rentabilidad estable y riesgo controlado...
- Nov, 2010As observers of the current microfinance situation in Andhra Pradesh disentangle the contributing factors leading up to this current crisis, a number of proposals for avoiding future crises have emerged. Many of these proposals tap the same central...
- Nov, 2010El presente informe incluye un análisis de los resultados de las IMF ecuatorianas agrupadas simultáneamente por tipo de crédito y autosuficiencia financiera al cierre del ejercicio 2009. De esta forma, se busca explorar los factores que caracterizaron a...
