Microfinance
- Credit where it's due: Microcredit Summit (Interaction)
- Interaction [American Council for Voluntary International Action], 1999
- Microcredit interest rates
- Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 1996
- Description of a model for deciding on an interest rate which makes a micro-finance lender economically sustainable. Includes worked examples and a downloadable speadsheet for calculations
- Format for appraisal of microfinance institutions
- R.P. Christen; B. Helms; R. Rosenberg / Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 1998
- This Appraisal Format facilitates a complete diagnosis of a micro-finance institutions operations - ranging from governance to funding methodology to financial performance. It assumes a high level of participation on the part of MFI s...
- Microcredit Summit Declaration
- Microcredit Summit, 1999
- Institutional alternatives for microfinance: concept paper
- microLINKS,, 1999
- Worldwide inventory of microfinance institutions
- Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1999
- A list of nearly 1000 institutions that offer microfinancial services, serve at least 1000 clients, and were created in or before 1992 was compiled using all available sources. From this inventory, over 200 institutions responded to a...
- Zambuko Trust, Zimbabwe: case study in microfinance
- M Malhotra; P Fidler / Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1995
- The Zambuko Trust is a registered moneylender that has built a solid foundation as the most effective and potentially viable microenterprise finance institution in Zimbabwe. Already in its short five year history Zambuko has expanded ...
- Microcredit in transitional economies
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
- As a handbook for new microcredit programme managers, this report summarises the key building blocks of programme design and current experiences in efficient programme operations. It is organised into the following sections: Chapter 1...
- Zambia’s Credit Management Services: micro-credit schemes for women entrepreneurs
- D.T. Musona; D.M. Mboz / Africa Region Findings, World Bank, 1999
- Credit Management Services Limited (CMS) was established in 1992 as a subsidiary of Molver and Company, a Zambian accounting company. It provides lending services through four schemes: the Mpongwe Smallholder Marketing Fund, the Mpong...
- Migrant Worker Remittances, Micro-finance and the Informal Economy: Prospects and Issues
- S. Puri; T. Ritzema / Enterprise and Cooperative Development Department, Social Finance Unit, ILO, 1999
- The conventional approach to analysing the impact of remittances on the domestic economies of labour-sending countries focuses exclusively on officially recorded flows and their effects on the various economic aggregates in the formal...
- Microcredit Summit Declaration
- Microcredit Summit, 1999
- Institutional alternatives for microfinance: concept paper
- microLINKS,, 1999
- Worldwide inventory of microfinance institutions
- Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1999
- A list of nearly 1000 institutions that offer microfinancial services, serve at least 1000 clients, and were created in or before 1992 was compiled using all available sources. From this inventory, over 200 institutions responded to a...
- Zambuko Trust, Zimbabwe: case study in microfinance
- M Malhotra; P Fidler / Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1995
- The Zambuko Trust is a registered moneylender that has built a solid foundation as the most effective and potentially viable microenterprise finance institution in Zimbabwe. Already in its short five year history Zambuko has expanded ...
- Microcredit in transitional economies
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
- As a handbook for new microcredit programme managers, this report summarises the key building blocks of programme design and current experiences in efficient programme operations. It is organised into the following sections: Chapter 1...
- Zambia’s Credit Management Services: micro-credit schemes for women entrepreneurs
- D.T. Musona; D.M. Mboz / Africa Region Findings, World Bank, 1999
- Credit Management Services Limited (CMS) was established in 1992 as a subsidiary of Molver and Company, a Zambian accounting company. It provides lending services through four schemes: the Mpongwe Smallholder Marketing Fund, the Mpong...
- Migrant Worker Remittances, Micro-finance and the Informal Economy: Prospects and Issues
- S. Puri; T. Ritzema / Enterprise and Cooperative Development Department, Social Finance Unit, ILO, 1999
- The conventional approach to analysing the impact of remittances on the domestic economies of labour-sending countries focuses exclusively on officially recorded flows and their effects on the various economic aggregates in the formal...
- The use of control groups in impact assessments for microfinance
- P. Mosley / Enterprise and Cooperative Development Department, Social Finance Unit, ILO, 1998
- Looks into the barriers which are encountered in the use of impact assessments to evaluate microfinance programs, more specifically the difficulties encountered in the control group, a method employed to compare a population that had ...
- Microfinance in the Wake of Conflict: Challenges and Opportunities
- K. Doyle / microLINKS,, 1998
- Overview of the rapidly evolving practice of microfinance and microenterprise development in post-conflict situations Documents the surprisingly few preconditions these programs consider essential to initiate a microenterprise ...
- Assessing the efficiency and outreach of micro-finance schemes
- Enterprise and Cooperative Development Department, Social Finance Unit, ILO, 1996
- Focuses on the ability of credit unions to efficiently handle loans to microenterprises, by sighting both their strengths and weaknesses. The discussion begins with a historical background on credit unions and microenterprises, follow...
- India Post
- Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
- Pro Mujer
- Women's development and microfinance organisation in Latin America
- Global Information on MicroInsurance
- Resources and services for microinsurance
