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- Mar 3, 2010This case study, developed by MIX and published by XBRL International, outlines the background, goals, implementation, and results of using XBRL for data collection from microfinance institutions. The goal of this project is a genuinely global data...
- Jan 17, 2010The microfinance sector in Kosovo has been operating since 1999, and most microfinance institutions (MFIs) there started as economic development programs of international humanitarian organizations. Currently there are 14 microfinance institutions...
- Mar 5, 2010This spreadsheet contains data from 1,008 MFIs reporting data to Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc. (MIX) for 2008. These data are the basis of analysis for MIX Data Brief No. 4, Analyzing Microcredit Interest Rates: A Review of the Methodology...
- Mar 4, 2010The microfinance industry in LAC in 2008 continued to grow though at a diminished rate. The credit portfolio expanded by about 13.937 billion USD but growth slowed to an annual rate of 13.6 percent after experiencing growth of 37.1 percent in 2007. In...
- MIX Global 100 Composite: Rankings of MFIs is an anlysis and ranking of MFI performance based on data from calendar year 2008. This Excel table allows you to see how your MFI compares to #1 ranked MBK Ventura and the other 711 MFIs whose...
- Feb 23, 2010For the third year running, MIX presents its Composite Ranking of the performance of microfinance institutions. Based on data published on MIX Market, the MIX Global 100 Composite Ranking attempts to provide a composite picture of MFI performance using a...
- The Bulletin Tables are designed to present performance benchmarks against which managers and directors of microfinance institutions can compare their institution’s performance with that of similar institution. Since the microfinance industry consists of...
- By the third quarter of 2008, as the financial crisis was consuming large investment and commercial banks and the flow of credit dried up, the microfinance community asked itself how the crisis in the broader economy would impact microfinance...
- Microfinance practitioners have often sought a single, easy-to-understand indicator for evaluating the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). To date, the most commonly used indicator has been financial self-sufficiency (FSS). However, FSS is...
- The global crisis is spreading quickly in emerging markets but little is known about its impact on the microfinance sector: Which regions are most affected and why? Are microfinance institutions (MFIs) resilient to this unprecedented economic downturn?...
- In the last ten years, conventional wisdom has held that microfinance as an asset class enjoys a striking lack of correlation with trends in the global economy. The informality of most of the microbusinesses feeding into the microfinance industry was...
- Approximately 1 billion people — or nearly one-sixth of the world’s population — subsist on less than USD 1 per day. Of this population, 162 million survive on less than USD 0.50 per day. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute,...
- As the inflation rate in Pakistan crosses 25 percent per annum — the highest in almost three decades — there is justifiable concern that the Pakistani citizen, particularly the poor, will suffer the most and will bear the severest brunt of this economic...
- July 2009The newest issue of the MicroBanking Bulletin focuses on the global economic crisis and the impact it is having on microfinance, its clients and other aspects of the industry. This issue includes feature articles from Pakistan Microfinance Network and...
- April 2008The MBB Trend Lines use a peer group framework that draws on microfinance institutions that have reported for at least four consecutive years to MIX. The MBB also includes articles contributed by industry professionals. This issue includes articles on...