Diversified Financial Products & Services
A client at a CRECER Village Bank outside of El Alto, Bolivia gets ready to repay her loan. Photo: Russell Brott |
In order to respond to the diverse needs and preferences of poor households and entrepreneurs, many microfinance institutions (MFIs) are expanding beyond microcredit to offer a more diverse suite of financial services, such as savings, microinsurance, consumer and housing loans, leasing, and remittance services. In addition, a few pioneering MFIs are exploring integrated services in areas ranging from health facilitation to education finance to energy finance, moving away from the “transactional” nature of microfinance to a more “customer-focused” approach to providing financial services.
USAID’s Microenterprise Development office seeks to capture good practices in market research and product development, to identify innovative business models and methodologies, and to analyze the operational constraints and challenges faced by MFIs in managing multiple product lines.
After Hours #13: Private Education Finance 
Enabling Small-Scale Enterprise and Microfinance
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Note from Albania: President's Visit Highlights MFI Success
Note_from_Albania.pdf Publication Date 08/2007
Healthy Women, Healthy Business: A Comparative Study of Pro Mujer's Integration of Microfinance and Health Services
Note from Bolivia: Bridging the SME Financing Gap
Note from Bolivia.pdf Publication Date 09/2006
How Client Assessment is Making a Difference at CRECER
Publication Date 06/2006
Note from Mongolia: XacBank Deepens Outreach Through IGP
Mongolia_XacBank.pdf Publication Date 12/07/05
Conversations: Building Livelihoods for Latin American Women (Go)
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Microfinance Innovations: Why They Were Created and What They Solve | Breakout Session | Day Three: June 16, 2006 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |