Commercialization of Microfinance

Download or read book Commercialization of Microfinance written by Stephanie Charitonenko and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the fourth of a series of publications resulting from a regional technical assistance project on commercialization of microfinance. The series comprises four country reports (on Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, and Sri Lanka) and a regional report on perspectives on commercialization from South and Southeast Asia. This report: analyzes the progress toward commercialization of Indonesia's highly diversified and predominantly formal microfinance industry; explores the implications of commercialization and the remaining challenges to expanding outreach on a sustainable basis; recommends positive approaches to the expansion of commercial microfinance while preserving the traditional social objective of MFIs of expanding access of the poor to demand-driven, sustainable financial services.