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IFIs: Crowding Out or Crowding In?
2007, the Microfinance Gateway

Summary of the online debate blog hosted by the Microfinance Gateway March 28-30, 2007

This debate titled "IFIs: Crowding Out or Crowding In?” discussed:

Aimed to provide a space for debate following the Micro Rate paper on “international financial institutions (IFIs)”,
Opened with comments form Damian von Stauffenberg of MicroRate and Xavier Reille of the ‘Consultative Group to Assist the Poor’ (CGAP) and featured insights from experts,
Addressed the question: What are the best roles for IFIs (international financial institutions) in a rapidly changing microfinance environment?
Debated on the MicroRate premise that IFIs are crowding out private investment in microfinance.

The debate also focused on the issues of:

Public versus private capital,
Debt versus equity,
Competing on price versus other terms,
Interests of individual taxpayer versus individual investor.

The participants agreed that:

IFIs have made important contributions to the microfinance industry.
IFIs could support microfinance in the areas of:
- Building strong MFIs,
- Leveraging domestic and private capital,
- Developing the microfinance industry.

The discussion concluded with the recommendation that transparency, consolidation and dialogue would help public and private investors to move forward in the microfinance industry.

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