Posts Tagged ‘technology in microfinance’

By Peter Burgess, Bureau Chief-New York There are different views about how MFI performance should be measured. Some believe that financial performance is a good proxy for socio-economic performance. Others believe that performance should relate mainly to a poverty alleviation focus and impact on the poorest of the poor. While the microfinance sector has grown rapidly over the past decade and reaches now more than ... Read More

By Bruce Meraviglia , Technology & Marketing Editor The theme for this month’s issue is the “missing middle,” which is a reference to the gap between the upper level of an MFI’s lending limit, and the beginning of established levels of venture capital.  Unfortunately for most small businesses in the developing world, the levels of venture capital that are available exceed what they can either ... Read More