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Alok Prasad | Without fresh lending, MFIs will remain in crisis modeLivemintHyderabad: India's microfinance industry has been in decline since the Andhra Pradesh government last year imposed restrictions on how the institutions conduct their business and obtain repayments from borrowers. While repayments [...]

When both governments and markets fail, impact investors can stimulate change. Microfinance its advent, rise, and recent crises shows how.

So the connection between microfinance an agriculture is of great importance. A friend and former colleague, Bernard Kamanga, has just finished [...]

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Focus on social objective, MFIs toldLivemintMicrofinance-focused private investors are increasingly making social performance assessment a must for the lenders. Microfinance institutions, or MFIs, provide small loans to poor borrowers. They lend at 24-36% on account of high operational costs, …Don't blame Micro-finance for the situation of poors; requires [...]

When both governments and markets fail, impact investors can stimulate change. Microfinance its advent, rise, and recent crises shows how.

A microfinance bank located in Lagos is seeking to recruit a Managing Director for its [...]

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Andhra Pradesh MFIs may half rates to stay afloatFirstpostMumbai: The cash-strapped micro-lenders in Andhra Pradesh may recast their distressed accounts, by almost halving interest rates to 15 percent, with a view to improve the abysmal repayment rates in the largest microfinance market. …Microfinance institutions want [...]

Microfinance promise to serve low-income or disadvantaged beneficiaries excluded from the formal banking sector in a financially sustainable way (thus to achieve the so called double bottom line of financial and social …

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2nd Microfinance Conference to be kicked off next SundaySudan News AgencyKhartoum, Oct. 6 (SUNA)- The 2nd Microfinance Conference would be kicked off next Sunday under the theme of : Promotion of the Islamic Financial Services for the micro-enterprises, under the auspices of the [...]

When both governments and markets fail, impact investors can stimulate change. Microfinance its advent, rise, and recent crises shows how.

CGAP and the MIF are joining forces to argue about the key challenges in microfinance and distill the game-changing solutions [...]

The Microfinance CatalystProject SyndicateMicrofinance its advent, rise, and recent crises shows how. The microfinance industry began in the 1980's in Bangladesh with the non-profit Grameen Bank and BRAC Bank. Donors soon helped launch other microfinance institutions in Mexico, India, …and more »

When both governments and markets fail, impact investors can stimulate change. Microfinance its advent, rise, and recent crises shows how.

Report on Microfinance and Energy Poverty Charts Course for Leveraging Microfinance Infrastructure to Deliver Clean, Cheap Solar [...]