This paper presents a synopsis of the current state of the microfinance industry in Latin America. It provides a rough … microfinance institutions; and it outlines some of the major issues currently facing the industry. The underlying theme of the … paper is the microfinance industry's gradual integration into established markets and structures, specifically as it relates …

of microfinance institutions - whereas it used to be an industry where nongovernmental organizations dominated … microfinance, it is now rapidly evolving into a subsector of the financial services industry. …

between microfinance institutions and private international investors. This article is written by Robert Pouliot of RCP … & Partners, a Swiss-based fiduciary agency based in Switzerland and Germany. The second article addresses microfinance regulation …

edition of Microfinance Americas 2009, The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and … the Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc. (MIX) present the Annual Ranking of the Latin America and the Caribbean …'s leading microfinance institutions. The report ranks MFIs using a methodology which is comprised of three different pillars …

funds to finance microfinance. An IDB study of second-tier financing programs for microfinance sheds light on the promise …

Americas is microfinance as far advanced as in Bolivia. Using the examples of BancoSol, Caja los Andes and FIE -Bolivia's three … largest microfinance institutions- this article describes challenges microfinance has faced from economic recession and …. Finally, the article speculates where Bolivian microfinance, and the microfinance industry in general, may be headed. …

up to be the next microfinance - bringing quality services at lower cost to smaller businesses, helping them break free … of the most relevant microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the region, which updates the numbers on the top MFIs and lets …

microfinance which is typically an unexplored instrument in Latin America and the Caribbean. Also discussed are the use of business …