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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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jun 30, 2009MIX Data Brief No. 2: This paper explores the question of whether deposit mobilizing MFIs are really serving small depositors, and proposes a new indicator for depth of outreach of MFIs' deposit mobilizing instruments.Two primary arguments can be made...
