The world's population of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 is estimated at 1.2 billion, with the vast majority living in poor countries. Global economic progress has driven down mortality rates...
The world's population of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 is estimated at 1.2 billion, with the vast majority living in poor countries. Global economic progress has driven down mortality rates...
The world's population of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 is estimated at 1.2 billion, with the vast majority living in poor countries. Global economic progress has driven down mortality rates...
The lack of data has long been recognized as a major barrier to extending access to financial services to low-income households and small businesses. Considerable progress has been made in recent years...
The lack of data has long been recognized as a major barrier to extending access to financial services to low-income households and small businesses. Considerable progress has been made in recent years...
The lack of data has long been recognized as a major barrier to extending access to financial services to low-income households and small businesses. Considerable progress has been made in recent years...
People at the very bottom of the economic ladder are often excluded, or exclude themselves, from microfinance. Their income is usually too low and unreliable to permit repayment of loans or investment...
The premise behind the smartaid for microfinance index is simple: funders with strong internal systems are better equipped to support microfinance effectively. Smartaid's indicators focus on core management...
In microfinance, experimentation with loan guarantees began largely as an attempt to demonstrate to local banks that Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) are creditworthy. Though loan guarantees are far less...
In most countries, reaching scale and providing real value to clients will likely require donor involvement in the medium term. Donors will need appropriate expertise and resources to engage effectively...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
Microfinance in Uganda grew rapidly between 1998 and 2003 due to a combination of significant donor funding; a shared stakeholder vision for the sector, including active government support for the vision;...
Over two billion people worldwide lack any type of formal social security protection. Poor people are the least likely to benefit from coverage, yet they are the most vulnerable to risk and economic stress...
Over two billion people worldwide lack any type of formal social security protection. Poor people are the least likely to benefit from coverage, yet they are the most vulnerable to risk and economic stress...
Over two billion people worldwide lack any type of formal social security protection. Poor people are the least likely to benefit from coverage, yet they are the most vulnerable to risk and economic stress...