This paper uses the shorthand term 'microfinance' to refer to financial services for low-income people. Apex facilities exist for other sectors besides microfinance for instance, lending to exporters or small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, since this paper is limited to microfinance; 'apex' here generally refers only to microfinance apexes. This paper does not cover federations of retail cooperatives or credit unions, even though they sometimes...
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A new look at microfinance apexes
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small and medium enterprise
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Forster,Sarah Jacqueline; Duflos,Eric Bertrand Pierre; Rosenberg,Richard.
A new look at microfinance apexes (English). CGAP focus note ; no. 80 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/522551468332947350