Microfinance growing

In this chapter, the following content will be discussed: Size of the microfinance industry, why is microfinance growing? what are the risks of microfinance? The benefits of private-sector engagement in inclusive finance, benefits from the private sector, the road to inclusive finance.

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In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Understanding clients, the market, and the opportunities; size of the microfinance industry; why is microfinance growing? what are the risks of microfinance?

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In November 2009, EIF issued a working paper on the European microfinance market. In this study, we found that there are wide spectra of final beneficiaries and intermediaries and concluded that there is no common microfinance business model in Europe. While our findings suggested that the microfinance market is immature and fragmented, they also pointed to its growing importance as a market segment with a potential to counter poverty and unemployment while fostering financial and social inclusion.

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In November 2009, EIF issued a working paper on the European microfinance market (see Kraemer-Eis and Conforti, 2009). In this study, we found that there are wide spectra of final beneficiaries and intermediaries and concluded that there is no common microfinance business model in Europe. While our findings suggested that the microfinance market is immature and fragmented, they also pointed to its growing importance as a market segment with a potential to counter poverty and unemployment while fostering financial and social inclusion. ...

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For a long while, commercial banks have been reluctant to get involved in microfinance. On other hand savings banks and socially committed retail banks often lack expertise in microlending and microinsur- ance. However, the performance of some industry players and “pioneer experiences” by mainstream banks over the recent years has demonstrated that microfinance can be both socially-efficient and profitable when well-managed.

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Discriminatory policies and initiatives have contributed to growing inequalities between the rural and urban sector, and to the inability of the former to meet the needs and interests of rural women and men. In almost all developing countries, conditions of rural poor people are far worse than those of the urban poor in terms of consumption levels and access to education, health care, water, sanitation, housing, transport and communications. Mortality rates among children below five are much higher in rural areas. For example, in Bolivia, mortality rates are 1.

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CARE has found that VSLAs meet the need for savings and credit at the very bottom rung of the world’s economic ladder. They create a platform from which the poor can advance to receive the more sophisticated financial services that they inevitably need as their resources, skills and confidence grow. The next step, therefore, is the linking of VSLAs to microfinance institutions and banks so that the poorest people in Africa can have access to all of the financial services that can help them improve their lives. To take this next step, in 2008 CARE launched an ambitious...

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Managed care plans' growing interest in practice guidelines is driven by their need to control costs, ensure consistency of care, and demonstrate improved performance. By using practice guidelines, plans are making a conscious decision about the care they intend to provide, reflecting the trade-off between costs and benefits. When published guidelines differ from a plan's clinical and financial objectives, they are typically customized with the active participation of the network physicians.

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