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Articles by: Christen, R. (26 items)

Sustainability of Self-Help Groups in India: Two Analyses (Occasional Paper No. 12) (2007)
This paper looks at financial viability of SHG programs and proposes a methodology for ensuring their sustainability.
Microfinance Regulation in Seven Countries: A Comparative Study (2006)
A comparative study of microfinance regulation in Bolivia, Brazil, Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and South Africa.
Exponential Growth in Microfinance Through Technology: Experiences from South America (2006)
Can innovative lending techniques bring down the cost of credit delivery?
Managing Risks and Designing Products for Agricultural Microfinance: Features of an Emerging Model (Occasional Paper No. 11) (2005)
A model for financial service provision to poor, rural households engaged in agriculture.
Due Diligence Guidelines for the Review of Microcredit Loan Portfolios - A Tiered Approach (June 2005) (2005)
A three-tiered approach to analyze the loan portfolios of microfinance institutions
Microfinance Consensus Guidelines: Guiding Principles on Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance Institutions (Russian) (2003)
How to regulate microfinance?
Microfinance Consensus Guidelines: Guiding Principles on Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance Institutions (Chinese) (2003)
How to regulate microfinance?
Microfinance as a Tool to Protect Biodiversity Hot-Spots (2004)
Can microfinance help achieve environmental goals of development projects?
MicroSave Briefing Note # 2: Introducing Savings into a MicroCredit Institution - Lessons from ASA (2001)
MicroSave Briefing Note # 2: Do microfinance institutions need more flexible systems and broader client base?
Financial Institutions with a "Double Bottom Line": Implications for the Future of Microfinance (Occassional Paper No. 08) (2004)
How have organizations pursuing the "double bottom line" fared in providing financial services to the poor?
Strategic Analysis of Banco Solidario and Recommendations for Effective Micro Portfolio Management (Spanish) (1998)
How to better manage the microcredit portfolio? - A study of Banco Solidario
Microfinance and Biodiversity Conservation (2003)
Can microfinance contribute to sustainable development?
Microfinance Consensus Guidelines: Guiding Principles on Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance Institutions (2003)
How to regulate microfinance?
Commercialization and Mission Drift: The Transformation of Microfinance in Latin America (Occassional Paper No. 05) (2000)
Has commercialisation driven microfinance institutions away from their initial mission?
Financial Management of Micro-Credit Programs: A Guidebook for NGOs (1990)
A practical hands-on guide to financial management of micro- enterprise credit programs
The Rush to Regulate: Legal Frameworks for Microfinance (Occassional Paper No. 04) (2000)
Review of experience with different regulation methods
Exposing interest rates: Their true significance to microentrepreneurs and credit programs (1991)
Underlining the important role of interest rates in achieving sustainability in microfinance
Maximizing the Outreach of Microenterprise Finance: An Analysis of Successful Microfinance Programs (1995)
What are the key factors in balancing program outreach/sustainability and donor recommendations?
What microenterprise credit programs can learn from the moneylenders (1989)
Microfinance Enters the Marketplace (1999)
Who are the new entrants in the microfinance market and how will they effect the incumbents?
Microfinance Consensus Guidelines: Disclosure Guidelines for Financial Reporting by Microfinance Institutions (2003)
What are the guidelines in preparing audited or unaudited financial statements?
Banking services for the poor: managing for financial success: an expanded and revised guidebook for microfinance Institutions (1997)
Financial criteria and techniques to help managers improve the performance of their institutions
A Multilateral Donor Triumphs over Disbursement Pressure: The Story of Microfinance at Banco do Nordeste in Brazil (Focus Note No. 23) (2001)
Should lending lead capacity or follow capacity?
Commercialization: The New Reality of Microfinance? (2002)
What are the consequences of microfinance commercialization?
ASA's Culture, Competition and Choice: Introducing Savings Services into a MicroCredit Institution (2001)
Do microfinance institutions need more flexible systems and broader client base?
In Search of Credibility: Transparency and The Microfinance Industry (2001)
How can confidence in MFI information be restored?

Articles by: Drake, D. (3 items)

Banking at the Base of the Pyramid: A Microfinance Primer for Commercial Banks (microREPORT #22) (2005)
Is the increasing entry of banks in microfinance a sign of its profitability-potential?
Commercialization: The New Reality of Microfinance? (2002)
What are the consequences of microfinance commercialization?
The Commercialization of Microfinance: Balancing Business and Development (2002)
What does the commercialisation of microfinance mean, who's driving it and what are the consequences?
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