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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Dec 4, 2009En 2008, las Instituciones de Microfinanzas (IMF) Nicaragüenses mostraron ciertas dificultades en términos de rentabilidad y calidad de cartera, mostrando al país como uno de los mercados más afectados de Latinoamérica. No obstante, siguen destacando en...
- Sep 1, 2008Bolivia is often quoted as a model of success in the microfinance sector. Its microfinance total gross loan portfolio is estimated to be more than USD 1 billion and includes almost half a million borrowers. It boasts some twenty active microfinance...
