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Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor

Helping MFIs transform into regulated deposit-taking financial intermediaries
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Dimensions of Urban Poverty in the Europe and Central Asia Region

Are poverty indicators in secondary cities worse than those in the capitals?
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Microfinance: Building Financial Systems that Serve the Rural Poor

How can social funds build sustainable financial institutions serving the poor?
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Is There a Difference in Poverty Outreach by Type of Microfinance Institution? The Case of Peru and Bangladesh

Do different types of microfinance institutions differ in their poverty outreach performance?
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Performance and Transparency: A Survey of Microfinance in South Asia

Understanding the microfinance environment in South Asia
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Financial Performance and Outreach: A Global Analysis of Leading Microbanks

Why have high repayment rates not translated into profits for microbanks?
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The Urban Unbanked in Mexico and the United States

Why don't the unbanked in the United States and Mexico use formal financial services?
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Participatory Poverty Assessment in Mongolia

How to incorporate qualitative aspects of poverty while designing poverty reduction programs?
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Releasing Constraints to Growth or Pushing on a String? The Impact of Credit, Training, Business Associations and Taxes on the Performance of Mexican Micro-firms

Are various dimensions of the business environment necessary for the growth of micro-firms?
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Timor-Leste Access to Finance for Investment and Working Capital

The regulatory environment governing microfinance & recommendations for its improvement