Documents et rapports
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Experienced consortium deepens Bulgarian financial system by creating procredit bank, a commercial bank for microenterprises (anglais)
This case study describes how a consortium of international development organizations, a commercial bank, and a micro-finance technical-service company worked closely to establish ProCredit Bank Bulgaria...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76428 Date du document: 1 mars 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Duval, Ann, Goodwin-Groen, Ruth
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Donors succeed by making themselves obsolete : Compartamos taps financial markets in Mexico (anglais)
The support of international and Mexican donors helped Financiera Compartamos grow from a small, non-governmental organization to the largest microfinance institution in Latin America, raising funds in...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34284 Date du document: 1 janvier 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dugan, Maggie,Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia
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How the Netherlands Government fostered successful public-private partnerships for financing MFIs (anglais)
This case study examines how a change in Dutch microfinance funding policy led to successful public-private partnerships that brought private financial expertise to microfinance funding and increased the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34282 Date du document: 1 décembre 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia
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From project to institution: AFD and Credit Rural de Guinee invest in rural finance for the long term (anglais)
This case study examines how Agence française de développement (AFD) made a long-term commitment to provide financial services to very poor, rural customers in the Republic of Guinée through a network...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34283 Date du document: 1 décembre 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brusky, Bonnie,Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia
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Decentralization empowers local technical staff : Sida's catalytic role in forming a stakeholder-led microfinance network in Nicaragua (anglais)
A small bilateral donor, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), made a big impact on the Nicaraguan microfinance industry by facilitating the creation of one of the first national...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76427 Date du document: 1 novembre 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Damjanov, Ivana
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Can a government loan work for microfinance ? IFAD's funding of the Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (anglais)
This case study documents how the International Fund for Agricultural Development creatively used a government loan to support the Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (ACBA), enabling the institution...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34280 Date du document: 1 août 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gugan, Maggie
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Collaboration for post-conflict rebuilding and financial system development : European donors with KfW leadership in Southeastern Europe (anglais)
This case study describes how European donors' strategy for post-conflict rebuilding helped develop the financial system in Southeastern Europe, through funds managed by Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34278 Date du document: 1 juin 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Duval, Ann,Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia
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Capacity leads, capital follows: donors and investors match instruments to ACLEDA's stage of development (anglais)
This case study highlights the role of donor staff (including staff of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34279 Date du document: 1 juin 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Clark, Heather Anne
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Linking MFIs to commercial financing in Latin America : Inter-American Development Bank support of ProFund (anglais)
This case study examines how the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) helped Latin American microfinance institutions (MFIs) tap formal financial markets in the 1990s through ProFund, a pioneering equity...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34277 Date du document: 1 mai 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brusky, Bonnie
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Nurturing microfinance in a challenging environment : the Ford foundation in China (anglais)
This case study describes how the ford foundation supported the emergence of microfinance in China by funding research, conferences, training, and an experimental grameen project, run by an academic team...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76425 Date du document: 1 mars 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Duval, Ann, Goodwin-Groen, Ruth
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Donor innovation in financial system development : DFID’s design of FinMark trust in South Africa (anglais)
This case study describes how the United Kingdom (U.K.) Department for International Development (DFID) designed an innovative approach to broaden the outreach of the formal financial system in South Africa...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76424 Date du document: 1 août 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Barlow, Sarah
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Donors as silent partners in MFI product development : MicroSave-Africa and the Equity Building Society in Kenya (anglais)
This case study describes how donors successfully supported microfinance institutions (MFI )product development. Initiated by Swisscontact (a nongovernmental organization), led by Micro-Save Africa (a...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34275 Date du document: 1 juillet 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Craig, Kim,Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia
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Donor collaboration and transparency : standardized donor reporting in Uganda (anglais)
This case study describes how 15 very different donor agencies worked in concert with local microfinance institutions (MFIs) to develop a joint reporting format in Uganda. Between 2000 and 2003, microfinance...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34274 Date du document: 1 juillet 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Duval, Ann
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Building a reliable MFI funding base : donor flexibility shows results (anglais)
This case study explains how donor flexibility enabled a Microfinance Institution (MFI) secure the mix of capital required for long-term growth. The flexibility of donors such as the Swiss Agency for Development...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34272 Date du document: 1 avril 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: DiLeo, Paul
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Knowing when to stop : the case of UNDP Bangladesh (anglais)
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Bangladesh began implementing empowerment projects with microfinance components in 1996. Savings and credit were designed to be secondary components to...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34271 Date du document: 1 avril 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brusky, Bonnie
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From skepticism to success : the World Bank and Banco do Nordeste (anglais)
Despite an initial reluctance to undertake a microfinance program within a large state bank, the Bank chose to take a chance on an apparently risky endeavor. The risk paid off. This case study tells the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34270 Date du document: 1 avril 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brusky, Bonnie
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Vision and consistency : USAID support of Al Amana and the law on microfinance in Morocco (anglais)
This case study describes how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) pursued a vision for large-scale microfinance in Morocco by creating a best-practice microfinance institution...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76426 Date du document: 1 avril 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cohen, Monique, Goodwin-Groen, Ruth
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Success in rural savings : how one donor led the way (anglais)
The note presents a case study of German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), in collaboration with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) of Thailand. Economic reform, and financial sector...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34268 Date du document: 1 avril 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia
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Building a microfinance industry : PRET/FINNET in Haiti (anglais)
The note illustrates a case study of USAID support to the microfinance sector in Haiti, 1995 - to the present: the story of a donor that recognized opportunity, was flexible, took risks, and invested the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34269 Date du document: 1 avril 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Duval, Anne
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Avoiding apex pitfalls : local initiatives departments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (anglais)
This case study details a successful microfinance apex fund, designed and managed by the Bank with bilateral donor support from Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Japan. The bad news is that most...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34273 Date du document: 1 avril 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia