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Microfinance in Asia: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Jun 2009, Bedson, J. (Ed.)
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Presenting a snapshot of microfinance in Asian countries

The report provides an overview of microfinance in selected Asian countries by drawing on recent microfinance industry country assessments prepared by the Banking With the Poor (BWTP) Network.

Microfinance in Asia is a diverse industry reflecting the wide-ranging contexts - social, political and geographical - in which financial services for the poor are being provided. Its features include:

Largest number of microfinance providers and largest client base in the world;
Strong focus on a social mission;
Large unmet demand;
Some of the largest MFIs and a range of diverse microfinance methodologies serving different market segments;
Institutional difficulty in expanding outreach due to lack of financial resources.

There is a need for new institutions and innovations in microfinance technology to reach the unbanked. There is also a need to:

Go beyond livelihoods to improve quality of life such as financing education, health, housing, insurance, and asset creation;
Commercialize the industry to make it sustainable;
Develop regulatory frameworks that facilitate mobilization of deposits and access to sources of funding;
Link microfinance with energy lending.

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Journal Volume/Pages:
89

Publisher(s):
Foundation for Development Cooperation