Recently Reviewed

A Review of Impact Assessment Tools

(1 rating)
Simanowitz, A., Imp-Act Consortium, 2001
What are impact assessment tools and when should they be used?

Microenterprise and Microfinance: Presenting a Global Perspective

(1 rating)
Coyle, M., St. Francis Xavier University, 2001
Discussing the future challenges for microfinance sector

Best Practices in Micro-savings for Successfully and Sustainably Reaching the Poor

(2 ratings)
De Noose, C., Microcredit Summit Campaign, 2011
Highlighting best practices in microsavings

Microfinance in India: A New Regulatory Structure

(1 rating)
Kline, K. & Sadhu, S., IFMR-Centre for Micro Finance, 2011
Analyzing the effect of microfinance regulation in India

The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

(6 ratings)
Banerjee, A., Duflo, E., Glennerster, R. & Kinnan, C., Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) & Center for Microfinance, 2009
Assessing impact of credit expansion using randomized evaluation

Value Chains and their Significance for Addresing the Rural Finance Challenge

(2 ratings)
Fries, R. & Akin, B., U.S. Agency for International Development, 2004
Role of value chain financing in rural financial markets

Trends of Microinsurance in India

(3 ratings)
Mukherjee, P., MicroSave, 2010
Developing a strategic perspective towards microinsurance

Business Plan for Starting a Microfinance Institution in Tanzania

(5 ratings)
Empowerment Enterprises of Africa, 2009
Providing a framework for establishing MFIs

Savings– and Loans Associations: A Guide for Practitioners

(1 rating)
Pors, K.K., Danish Mission Council Development Department, Danish Forum for Microfinance, 2011
Promoting savings and loan groups to influence civil society development

Microfinance and Social Performance: How FINCA Used a Client Assessment Tool To Identify Mission Drift

(1 rating)
Hatch, J. & Crompton, P., Small Enterprise Education Promotion Network, 2005
Using research tools to monitor the social impact of microfinance services

Commercialization in Microfinance - A Study of Profitability, Outreach and Success Factors within the Latin American Context

(2 ratings)
Dacheva, P., Sweet Briar College, 2009
Understanding the effect of commercialization

Regulating Transformational Branchless Banking: Mobile Phones and Other Technology to Increase Access to Finance

(3 ratings)
Lyman, T. R., Pickens, M. & Porteous, D., CGAP, 2008
Guide to policy makers and regulators on regulating branchless banking

Value Chain Finance

(4 ratings)
Chalmers, G., Lennon, B., Villeda, L., Heron, L., Pelican, E., Charitonenko, S., Fries, B., Gonzalez-Vega, C., Meyer, R., Johnston, C. & Miller, M., U.S. Agency for International Development, 2005
Significance of value-chain analysis in expanding financial services access

Riding the M-PESA Rails: Advantages & Disadvantages

(1 rating)
Sadana, M., Mugweru, G., Murithi, J. et al, MicroSave, 2011
Assessing the advantages and disadvantages of linking with M-PESA

Paraguay Vouchers Revisited: Strategies for the Development of Training Markets

(1 rating)
Goldmark, L. & Botelho, C., USAID, 2000
Can training schemes prosper in the long term?

Financial Inclusion Indicators for Developing Countries: The Peruvian case

(1 rating)
Reyes, G., Allain, L., Mazer, R., 2011
Examining the role of financial indicators in measuring and monitoring financial access

A Closer Look at Multiple Borrowing in the Philippines

(1 rating)
Ledesma, J.M., & Diaz, J.N., MicroSave, 2011
How can MFIs in the Philippines avoid client over-indebtedness?

A Toolkit for Planning, Conducting and Monitoring Pilot Tests: Loan Products

(1 rating)
McCord, M., MicroSave, 2003
Why pilot test a loan product?

Human Rights, Microfinance & 'Going Green' in Sierra Leone

(1 rating)
Momo, S. & Trook, H., Spanda Foundation, 2011
Understanding microfinance and human rights in Sierra Leone within an evolving international policy environment

Microfinance India: State of the Sector Report 2010

(1 rating)
Srinivasan, N., ACCESS Development Services, 2010
Reviewing India’s microfinance sector