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- Apr, 2012Part of the mission of MIX is to promote transparency for microfinance. At a high level, transparency has increased over the past several years - we've gone from 28 institutions providing confidential information to the first MicroBanking Bulletin in...
- Mar, 2012IntroductionBefore the 2009 financial crisis, it was believed that microfinance institutions (MFIs) were highly resilient to domestic macroeconomic shocks, in particular to contractions of gross domestic product (Krauss and Walter, 2006; Gonzalez, 2007;...
- Mar, 2012Learn about the landscape of microfinance across Asia in 2011. This report contains information on the following topics: An overview of the current microfinance and its growth in the regionA snapshot of Asian MFIs’ funding structureA look at...
- Mar, 2010Learn about the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Middle East and North Africa in 2010 and 2011 (for countries impacted by the Arab Spring). The following graphs and tables: Provide insight in the Arab Spring’s impact on the microfinance...
- Feb, 2012Learn about the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2010 and 2011 (for select markets). The following graphs and tables: Provide an overview of all known microfinance providers in ECA...
- Jan, 2012Learn about the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2011. The following graphs and tables: illustrate the rural dimension of loan portfolio across the region describe of the concentration and...
- Dec, 2011Conozca el desempeño de las IMF en América Latina y el Caribe al 2010, a través de la presentación de gráficos y tablas que ilustran la dimensión rural de la cartera de crédito a través de toda la región así como una descripción de la...
- 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, 2011MIX and the Multilateral Investment Fund are pleased to present the 2011 edition of “Microfinance Americas: The Top 100,” our annual snapshot of 100 leading microfinance institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. As in the last two years, the...
- Oct, 2011MIX y el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones se complacen en presentar la edición de 2011 de “Microfinanzas Américas: Las 100 mejores”, nuestra instantánea anual de las 100 instituciones microfinancieras más destacadas de América Latina y el Caribe. Al...
- Sep, 2011This article "Microfinance and the Role of Policies and Procedures in Saturated Markets and During Periods of Fast Growth" evaluates the role that governance, management information systems (MIS), risk management procedures, and lending...
- 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...
- Jul, 2011In a post on the FAI blog, Timothy Ogden asked whether the standard microcredit model depends on growth. Since growth has been a central focus following several recent crises, this is a very worthwhile question. Here, we will look a little bit at what...
- Jun, 2011تقرير 2010 يعرض أحدث الاتجاهات الإقليمية استنادا إلى عينة من 37 مؤسسة تمويل أصغر من سبع دول (مصر، الأردن، لبنان، المغرب، فلسطين، تونس، واليمن) فضلا عن التطورات الأخيرة، بدراسة 55 مؤسسة تمويل عربية من تسع بلدان (مصر، الأردن، لبنان، المغرب، فلسطين، السودان...
- May, 2011How can we define responsible financial performance? This is part three 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...
