Bolivia: Factors Influencing Poverty Outreach Among Microfinance Institutions
28 Oct 2015
Country: Bolivia
Factors Influencing Poverty Outreach Among Microfinance Institutions in Latin America
17 Sep 2015
This report investigates the poverty outreach of 14 microfinance institutions (MFI) across six Latin American countries: Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. It uses information that these MFIs have collected in terms of poverty likelihood using the Progress Out of Poverty® Index (a.k.a. Simple Poverty Scorecard) supplemented by in-depth interviews with industry experts. The following is a summary of the report findings. Those who reach the highest percentage of […]
2nd European Microfinance Award Social Responsibility in Microfinance
13 May 2015
Since its creation, the European Microfinance Platform has been actively involved in promoting social performance and social responsibility in microfinance. What is meant by social responsibility is that MFIs are concerned with ensuring that their actions are at least transparent (notion of accountability), that they contribute to developing the financial services on offer and that they have no negative effects on stakeholders (decent work of employees, protection of consumers, protection […]