Foreign capital investment in microfinance : balancing social and financial returns (English)

This new investment stream is good news for microfinance providers. Microfinance needs a broader capital market to secure the funding required to scale up outreach and serve a greater number of financially excluded, low-income people. It is tempting to believe that this investment boom signals the entrance of mainstream commercial investors seeking to maximize, risk-adjusted returns. Hedge funds, Videoconferencing (VCs), and other big investors are...

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Reille,Xavier;

Forster,Sarah Jacqueline;
Document Date
2008/02/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
43629
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Foreign capital investment in microfinance : balancing social and financial returns
Keywords
microfinance

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Reille,Xavier; Forster,Sarah Jacqueline.

Foreign capital investment in microfinance : balancing social and financial returns (English). CGAP focus note ; no. 44 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/708231468322448575

Foreign capital investment in microfinance : balancing social and financial returns (English)

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