From Revolution to Evolution: Charting the Main Features of Microfinance 2.0

• Main Authors: Vick, Brandon C, Mendoza, Ronald U
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2010
• Subjects: microfinance; market failures; information; innovation; Economics; Finance
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/136; https://brill.com/view/journals/pgdt/9/3-4/article-p545_14.xml
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The past 30 years or so have seen microfinance take off from small group-based lending experiments to several thousand microfinance institutions (MFIs) serving a growing portion of the developing world today. Nevertheless, the challenge to improve broad-based access to financial services remains—goi...