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Blog Series

Microfinance Solvency and COVID-19

When COVID-19 hit, it did not take long for questions to emerge about whether the pandemic posed an existential threat to the microfinance sector. CGAP’s research has demonstrated the need to carefully monitor solvency in the longer term as the effects of the pandemic continue to reverberate well into 2021, especially among smaller microfinance institutions. CGAP has worked closely with development finance institutions and other stakeholders since the start of the pandemic, coordinating information on institutions’ perspectives and convening technical discussions on possible ways forward for the microfinance sector. Following a report summarizing the main findings of these efforts, experts in the field elaborate on key issues in this blog series.

Man on boat using mobile phone
Blog
02 February 2022

Reflection: Coordinating Responses to Microfinance Solvency Challenges

The reverberating effects of COVID-19 continue to pose challenges for segments of the microfinance sector. Here are three areas where a coordinated response among microfinance stakeholders will be important going forward.
A microfinance agent equipped with a tablet speaks with a customer in the Peruvian highlands.
Blog
06 December 2021

COVID-19 and Microfinance: How Digitization Helps Build Resilience

When done right, with a focus on creating value for customers, digitization can improve the resilience of the people microfinance providers serve.
Microfinance customer in Senegal
Blog
02 December 2021

MFI Digitalization: How Can DFIs and IFIs Contribute?

From funding digital innovation to boosting digital literacy, here are some ways that development finance institutions and international financial institutions can accelerate the digitization of microfinance in Africa.
​  A microfinance institution representative speaks with female clients in Siby, Mali. ​
Blog
11 November 2021

COVID-19 and Microfinance: Managing Trouble with Restructuring

What have microfinance institutions and their investors accomplished so far in their restructuring deals? What have they learned? And how can they improve readiness for the next crisis?
Woman wears mask during COVID-19 pandemic in Mali
Blog
21 October 2021

COVID-19 and Microfinance: What’s Next for Equity Investors?

Access to funding has been a top priority for microfinance providers during COVID-19 . Debt investors have played a key role in supporting providers through the crisis. Now, as providers focus on recovery and growth, equity capital is needed too.
Artist paints COVID-19 mural in Nairobi, Kenya
Blog
13 October 2021

The Menace of COVID-19 for Microfinance

FINCA Impact Finance President and CEO Andrée Simon explains what’s needed for the most vulnerable microfinance institutions and their customers to overcome the pandemic.
Credit risk ratio data on MFIs
Blog
29 September 2021

COVID-19 and Microfinance: What the Data Says About Risk in the Sector

What impact has COVID-19 had on microfinance so far? What are likely future scenarios? Learn more in this blog post, which summarizes key findings from CGAP and MFR's research that began in June 2020.

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