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Posted on October 24th, 2012
MicroRate has released The State of Microfinance Investment 2012, which finds that microfinance investment has stabilized into a lower growth rate following the global financial crisis. This report, which is MicroRate’s 7th annual survey of microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs), is based on interviews with MIV managers and a survey of the 102 [...] Posted on September 19th, 2012
Microfinance has long been considered a powerful tool for sustainable development. Following the international financial crisis that started in 2007, market growth and MFI performance started to deteriorate. Microfinance experienced its first serious setback at the global level, and in some countries faced outright crisis. While, initially, it was assumed that the industry’s [...] Posted on August 29th, 2012
The microfinance industry needs to adjust to rapid changes in its markets if it is to retain its relevance, according to this new survey of the risks facing the sector. The main risk identified by respondents is that of overindebtedness among microfinance borrowers. Although the extent to which micro-borrowers face repayment difficulties is not [...] Posted on July 10th, 2012
The microfinance industry needs to adjust to rapid changes in its markets if it is to retain its relevance, according to a new survey of the risks facing the sector. The annual Microfinance Banana Skins report ranks the risk perceptions of more than 350 practitioners and close observers of the microfinance scene [...] Posted on April 30th, 2012
There is growing interest in the role of market-based solutions in addressing the problems of poverty, through inclusive businesses that tap into the potential of the global poor as customers and suppliers—the so-called ‘fortune at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP).’ Encouraged by the growth of microfinance, many promising new models are emerging. [...] 4 pages
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