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Georgia was one of the first countries to gain formal independence after the collapse of Soviet Union; however, its development has been hampered by ethnic violence and a civil war, which has resulted in large segments of the population being displaced and/or otherwise negatively affected by the conflicts. More than ten years on, the ethnic conflicts are still not fully resolved. As a result, Georgia has yet to complete the transition to a modern market economy. The slowness of reforms and liberalization of the market has led to little increase in the economic prosperity of the population.

This case study highlights developments in the dynamic Bosnian sector since the MicroBanking Bulletin first documented the sector’s emergence in 2000. It focuses on data from six institutions: EKIWorld Vision, Mi-Bospo, Mikrofin, Partner, Prizma and Sunrise; all of which are participating in this edition of the Bulletin. Hereafter, the term “Bosnian MFIs” refers to these six MFIs unless otherwise noted.

L’industrie de la microfinance dans le monde arabe est en pleine expansion. Ce secteur jeune, encore dominé par les organismes non gouvernementaux et les crédits solidaires, commence à connaître une diversification au niveau des formes institutionnelles et des services aux clients. La lente diversification s’accompagne d’une croissance rapide en couverture ; les IMF traditionnelles analysées dans l’édition 2002 du rapport de Benchmarking de la microfinance arabe ont doublé la portée de leurs services, passant à plus de 400.000 emprunteurs en cours à fin 2003.

This first issue of the Microfinance Capital Markets Update provides news as of February 2005.

The microfinance capital markets update is produced and edited by CGAP and the Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX). The newsletter is the only publication dedicated to microfinance capital markets news, and is distributed to thousands of microfinance providers, investors, donors, rating agencies, and consultants.