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CGAP-MIX 2010 Eastern Europe and Central Asia Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report

This report explores how MFIs, policy makers, and funders in ECA have begun to adjust to the new risks and challenges presented by the 2009 twin economic and financial crises.

CGAP-MIX 2009 Arab Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report

This report provides a comprehensive view of the performance of the microfinance sector in the Arab region, beginning with a 2006-2008 study of scale and outreach trends with a sample of 35 microfinance institutions (MFIs) and a special focus on the microfinance sector crisis in Morocco, the only country to register a decrease in outreach in 2008.

CGAP-MIX 2009 Sub-Saharan Africa Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report

This report analyzes in detail the state of microfinance in 2008 throughout Sub-Saharan Africa focusing on key growth trends, major legal and regulatory changes, funding for microfinance, and performance of MFIs.

Measuring Financial Access around the World

This paper introduces a new set of financial access indicators for 139 countries across the globe and describes the results of a preliminary analysis of this data set. The new data set builds on previous work using a similar methodology.

CGAP-MIX 2009 Eastern Europe and Central Asia Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report

This report, jointly produced by MIX and CGAP, analyzes how MFIs in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region performed and coped with heightened risks in 2008.

CGAP-MIX 2009 Latin America and the Caribbean Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report

The report shows how the microfinance industry in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008 continued to grow though at a diminished rate.

CGAP-MIX Africa Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report

This report reviews overall developments throughout Africa and separate breakdowns for each of the four subregions: Central, East, Southern, and West Africa.

National Microfinance Strategies

This Brief summarizes a study of several national microfinance strategy/policy documents.