A major source of financing for the poor and no longer a niche industry Over the past four decades, microfinance—the provision of loans, savings, and insuranc

The purpose of the 'Microfinance Handbook' is to bring together in a single source guiding principles and tools that will promote sustainable microfinance and c

Microfinance has grown from the obscure efforts of a few philanthropic institutions into a global industry that reaches 150-200 million clients through the bran

Microfinance is the method whereby financial services and credit is made available to the economically active but low income people of developiong countries. Th

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