Remittances - money sent from an immigrant to his or her home country - is an important service for microfinance clients and represents a significant market opportunity for microfinance institutions. This InSight details the results of ACCION's research to understand the motivations of...

This report presents ACCION's analysis and findings regarding the poverty profiles of microfinance clients at Mibanco, Peru. In this first institutional analysis in ACCION's Poverty Outreach project, the authors analyze client income data to compare borrower poverty levels with urban, national...

The microfinance of housing is an emerging and promising practice among microfinance institutions. Housing microfinance merges elements from microenterprise finance and traditional housing finance. This InSight publication summarizes the results of a case study on the largest housing loan...

This InSight describes the ABCs of Business training program for microentrepreneurs and the premises upon which it was developed. It details lessons ACCION has learned about adult education and how these lessons were incorporated into the interactive training style the program applies