Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest?

The question raised in the title is an important one to the microfinance sector, especially since the Microcredit Summit held in Washington, DC, in 1997. In order to gain more transparency on the depth of poverty outreach, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) supported research at IFP...

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Autores principales: Zeller, Manfred, Sharma, Manohar, Lapenu, Cecile, Henry, Carla
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156420
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author Zeller, Manfred
Sharma, Manohar
Lapenu, Cecile
Henry, Carla
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Lapenu, Cecile
Sharma, Manohar
Zeller, Manfred
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Sharma, Manohar
Lapenu, Cecile
Henry, Carla
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description The question raised in the title is an important one to the microfinance sector, especially since the Microcredit Summit held in Washington, DC, in 1997. In order to gain more transparency on the depth of poverty outreach, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) supported research at IFPRI during 1999 and 2000 to design and test a simple, low-cost operational tool to measure the poverty level of MFI clients relative to nonclients. This policy brief informs about the results from recent case studies on the poverty outreach of four selected microfinance institutions. The case studies were conducted for four MFIs world-wide: MFI A (Central America), MFI B (East Africa), MFI C (Southern Africa), and MFI D (South Asia).
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spelling CGSpace1564202025-01-10T06:35:35Z Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest? Zeller, Manfred Sharma, Manohar Lapenu, Cecile Henry, Carla microfinance evaluation microenterprises non-governmental organizations government purchases poverty alleviation The question raised in the title is an important one to the microfinance sector, especially since the Microcredit Summit held in Washington, DC, in 1997. In order to gain more transparency on the depth of poverty outreach, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) supported research at IFPRI during 1999 and 2000 to design and test a simple, low-cost operational tool to measure the poverty level of MFI clients relative to nonclients. This policy brief informs about the results from recent case studies on the poverty outreach of four selected microfinance institutions. The case studies were conducted for four MFIs world-wide: MFI A (Central America), MFI B (East Africa), MFI C (Southern Africa), and MFI D (South Asia). 2000 2024-10-24T12:44:05Z 2024-10-24T12:44:05Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156420 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Zeller, Manfred; Sharma, Manohar; Lapenu, Cecile; Henry, Carla. 2000. Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest? Rural Financial Policies for Food Security of the Poor Policy Brief 11. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156420
spellingShingle microfinance
evaluation
microenterprises
non-governmental organizations
government purchases
poverty alleviation
Zeller, Manfred
Sharma, Manohar
Lapenu, Cecile
Henry, Carla
Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest?
title Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest?
title_full Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest?
title_fullStr Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest?
title_full_unstemmed Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest?
title_short Rural Finance Policies 11 - Do microfinance institutions reach the poorest?
title_sort rural finance policies 11 do microfinance institutions reach the poorest
topic microfinance
evaluation
microenterprises
non-governmental organizations
government purchases
poverty alleviation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156420
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