This study is part of the activities of the WAEMU Lab for the protection of consumers of digital financial services. The Lab is a project that supports local actors to build a responsible ecosystem for...
In June 2012, IFC and CGAP representatives conducted a financial sector scoping review to assess Myanmar's financial inclusion landscape and explore potential investment and advisory interventions. This...
With 1.3 billion inhabitants in 2010, the People's Republic of China (PRC) constitutes the largest single market for financial services. The annual income per capita has increased considerably over the...
This paper uses the shorthand term 'microfinance' to refer to financial services for low-income people. Apex facilities exist for other sectors besides microfinance for instance, lending to exporters or...
This paper uses the shorthand term 'microfinance' to refer to financial services for low-income people. Apex facilities exist for other sectors besides microfinance for instance, lending to exporters or...
Apexes are an important source of local funding for microfinance-and even more so since the global financial crisis. Well over US$2 billion per year of public money is being disbursed globally to microfinance...
An increasing number of countries are developing national microfinance strategies, bringing the topic to the forefront of national development priorities. Over 30 countries, most in Africa, now have such...
Les pays sont de plus en plus nombreux à élaborer des stratégies nationales de microfinancement, ce qui met cette question au premier rang des priorités nationales de développement. Plus de 30 pays, essentiellement...
This report points out that at the request of eight development agencies (through the informal donor group) and the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), CGAP conducted a Country-Level Effectiveness...
The paper intends to help identify key gaps in the financial system that inhibit the provision of permanent financial services to poor people. The three levels of the financial system are the micro level...
This Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR) examines the efficacy of microfinance aid in Madagascar, based on an objective analysis of donor assistance for the sustainable development...
The Madagascar Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR) was conducted in Antananarivo from April 26 to May 17, 2005. The CLEAR analyzes donor effectiveness in microfinance and helps...
La revue de l’efficacité de l’aide pour la microfinance (CLEAR) de Madagascar a été effectuée à Antananarivo entre le 26 avril et le 17 mai 2005. La CLEAR analyse l’efficacité des donateurs dans le domaine...
Cet examen de l’efficacité et de la responsabilisation au sein des pays (CLEAR) examine l’efficacité de l’aide à la microfinance à Madagascar en s’appuyant sur une analyse objective de l’aide des donateurs...
A Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR) took place in Nicaragua from February 13, 2005, to March 4, 2005, to analyze donor effectiveness in supporting microfinance. Overall, the...
A Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR) took place in Nicaragua from February 13, 2005, to March 4, 2005, to analyze donor effectiveness in supporting microfinance. Overall, the...
Donor successes in Cambodia to date can be attributed to a shared vision of a commercial microfinance industry characterized by sustained deployment of skilled technical expertise; performance-based contracts;...
Historically, governments have used credit schemes as a way to transfer resources to specific target populations. The negative impact of most of these schemes has led many donors and experts to advocate...
Historically, governments have used credit schemes as a way to transfer resources to specific target populations. The negative impact of most of these schemes has led many donors and experts to advocate...
Historically, governments have used credit schemes as a way to transfer resources to specific target populations. The negative impact of most of these schemes has led many donors and experts to advocate...