Assessing the effectiveness of microfinance in poverty reduction

Identifying key issues in developing MFI rating methodology

Examining the commercial opportunities in microfinance

Streamlining management of loan repayment data

Meeting the need for housing and health services

Presenting the advantages of using poverty score cards to measure poverty rates

The promising as well as risk enhancing dynamics of MFIs and their clients'’ behaviour

This paper explores the development impact of remittances in eleven Latin American countries

Refining investor expectations with respect to financial and social returns

Recommendations to help low-income people access banking services in Latin America