The global financial crisis and its impact on microfinance : La crisis financiera mundial y su impacto en las microfinanzas (Spanish)

Compared with other financial institutions, microfinance institutions (MFIs) have emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crises of the past few decades. During the currency crises in East Asia and the banking crises in Latin America in the 1990s, institutions serving poor customers generally performed better financially than mainstream banks. At that time the clients and micro-enterprises financed by MFIs were not integrated into local banking...

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Littlefield,Elizabeth L.;

Kneiding,Christoph;
Document Date
2009/02/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
47954
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2013/11/29
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
La crisis financiera mundial y su impacto en las microfinanzas
Keywords
microfinance

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Littlefield,Elizabeth L.; Kneiding,Christoph.

The global financial crisis and its impact on microfinance : La crisis financiera mundial y su impacto en las microfinanzas (Spanish). CGAP focus note|no. 52 Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/805951468159597097

The global financial crisis and its impact on microfinance : La crisis financiera mundial y su impacto en las microfinanzas (Spanish)

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