Microfinance foreign exchange facilities : performance and prospects (English)

Foreign capital investment in microfinance has been booming over the past four years. Commercial cross-border debt and equity invested in microfinance surpassed US$11 billion in 2009, representing an estimated 20 percent of the funding base for specialized microfinance providers. Foreign investment brings important benefits for microfinance institutions (MFIs). It can provide longer term debt maturity and risk capital that often is not available in...

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Apgar,David Puschel;

Reille,Xavier;
Document Date
2010/04/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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56602
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/09/16
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Disclosed
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Microfinance foreign exchange facilities : performance and prospects
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Apgar,David Puschel; Reille,Xavier.

Microfinance foreign exchange facilities : performance and prospects (English). CGAP Occasional paper ; no. 17 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/278761468339595902

Microfinance foreign exchange facilities : performance and prospects (English)

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