Discover the differences between microfinance and macrofinance, including their scope, purpose, and impact on individuals vs. whole economies.

Microfinance is not the answer to the problems of getting financial services to the poor in rural areas. It is only one part of the solution, according to study assisted by the Asian Development Bank ...

Microfinance needs to reach more of the poor in Asia and the Pacific, but do so in a financially sustainable way, said a new study from the independent evaluation department at the Asian Development ...

Managing Director, IBILE Microfinance Bank, Adegboyega Kazeem, operates within the intersect of financial exclusion, environmental concerns, energy challenges and other socio-economic, political ...

Critically reappraising microfinance is one thing, learning lessons from the faults of the sector is another. Conditional and unconditional cash transfer programmes have a significant opportunity to ...

Financial inclusion of the poor can only be possible if the MFIs inculcate a habit of savings and come out with insurance products covering various risks. Delivery of credit at the doorstep of those ...

Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) — the sole secondary market of the country — has planned to separate microfinance institutions from the sub-index of development banks. Nepse will introduce a new ...

Only 3 million Filipinos have access to microfinance, says a study by ADB MANILA, Philippines – Only 3 million poor Filipinos or those living under $1.25 per day had access to microfinance loans in ...

Microfinance state minister Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune has rooted for the establishment of the Microfinance Development Bank to offer cheap finance to businesses in Uganda. Kasolo says while there has been ...