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Foreign Capital Investment in Microfinance May 9, 2011 Despite the financial crisis, in the past four years foreign investment in microfinance, including both debt and equity, has quadrupled to reach US$13 billion. |
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Cross-border Funding of Microfinance April 18, 2011 This Focus Note draws on data from CGAP’s annual surveys on cross-border funding (2009, 2010) to provide an overview of the microfinance funding landscape and trends in cross-border funding. |
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December 7, 2010 The crisis that erupted in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh in early October 2010 hit at the epicenter of microfinance in India and has implications there, across the country, and globally. |
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Negotiating an Equity Capital Infusion from Outside Investors October 29, 2010 The purpose of this guide is to familiarize microfinance institutions with some of the issues that are commonly addressed in the negotiation of an equity capital infusion from outside investors. |
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Provisions of Standard Commercial Guarantee Agreements October 29, 2010 Loan guarantees can help borrowing microfinance institutions obtain loans that otherwise are unavailable to them. |
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October 29, 2010 This guide introduces microfinance institutions to securitization as a potential source of financing. |
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Microfinance Investors Adjust Strategy in Tougher Market Conditions October 12, 2010 Microfinance Investment Vehicles in 2010 are confronting the most challenging investment environment since the 1990s. |
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Microfinance Investment Vehicles Disclosure Guidelines September 30, 2010 The purpose of this publication is to establish clear guidelines for MIVs reporting to investors. The recommended disclosures include key information on MIVs’ profiles. |
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Apexes: An Important Source of Local Funding March 23, 2010 Apexes are an important source of local funding for microfinance—and even more so since the global financial crisis. |
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Microfinance Funds Continue to Grow Despite the Crisis May 7, 2009 So far, microfinance funds have been relatively unscathed by the financial crisis that has wreaked havoc on most asset classes around the world. |
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The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Microfinance Institutions and Their Clients May 7, 2009 The global financial crisis is spreading quickly in emerging markets, but little is known about its impact on the microfinance sector. |
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Microfinance Managers Consider Online Funding April 21, 2009 Online philanthropy is changing the nature of how and where people give. This Focus Note highlights important issues microfinance institutions may want to know before borrowing online. |
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Appraising Microfinance Institutions December 19, 2008 Appraisals help funders to determine the capacity of MFIs and to make decisions related to capitalizing an MFI or providing support for technical assistance. |
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Foreign Capital Investment in Microfinance February 1, 2008 So far, the vast bulk of private investment in microfinance is socially motivated, says this Focus Note, written by Xavier Reille and Sarah Forster. |
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Foreign Exchange Rate Risk in Microfinance January 1, 2006 This Focus Note discusses issues related to foreign exchange rate risk in microfinance. It explains what exchange rate risk is, looks at techniques used by MFIs and investors to manage the risk, and makes recommendations on managing and avoiding risk. |
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The Market for Foreign Investment in Microfinance August 1, 2005 Many microfinance institutions in developing and transitioning economies receive foreign funding. This Focus Note looks at these "foreign investors" and the demand for their services. |
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Foreign Investment in Microfinance January 1, 2004 The CGAP study summarized in this Focus Note reveals that governments and multilateral agencies have funded nearly 90 percent of the US$1.1 billion in total investment in microfinance through quasi-commercial debt, equity, and guarantees. |
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Linking Microfinance and Safety Net Programs to Include the Poorest May 1, 2001 This Focus Notes looks at the IGVGD program, which builds on a governmental food security intervention to provide financial services to the most destitute. This link between the government program and BRAC has facilitated the delivery of food grain assistance and savings and credit services to nearly a million women, over the last 10 years. |
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How CGAP Member Donors Fund Microfinance Institutions November 1, 1997 This Focus Note provides a snapshot in 1998 of how microfinance fits into the agency structures of CGAP member donors, including the country or geographic priorities of each agency, the instruments (grants, loans, equity, etc.) they provide to MFIs, and the procedures to request support from each agency. |
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Anatomy of a Microfinance Deal August 1, 1997 How best can one support an MFI that has a track record of extending quality financial services to significant numbers of poor people on a progressively financially sustainable basis? Using examples of CGAP funding, this Focus Note outlines an approach based on mutual accountability, institutional performance, and shared risk. |
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