Sustainable Banking with the Poor - Case Studies in Microfinance : Guatemala - The Case of Union Popular and Union Progresita Amatitlaneca (UPA) Credit Unions (English)

Most people in developing countries lack access to formal financial services. After decades of experimentation in a multitude of credit projects, microfinance, a "new" field, emerged to respond to this problem. Currently, microfinance is defined as the provision of credit, savings, and other financial services to lower-income groups. Microfinance providers include nonprofit microcredit programs, government owned banks that operate microfinance units...
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Almeyda,Gloria; Branch, Brian.

Sustainable Banking with the Poor - Case Studies in Microfinance : Guatemala - The Case of Union Popular and Union Progresita Amatitlaneca (UPA) Credit Unions (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099327404102439280

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