Harnessing Student Potential In Microfinance

July 2010 Blog Posts (2)

Is There Any Need to Check the Loans Utilization?

People inquired most of time that, Are loan utilization checks necessary? The vibrant reaction should me YES. Because, it's essential to check all the MFI's which are engaged in micro financing amenities. The intention should be scrutiny of the organization but not censure. Most of MFI's in all over the world checks loan utilization as essential, but as per field officers (particularly in conventional MFI's), clients do not usually use loans for the purpose stated…

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Added by Dr.Muhammad Ahmed Mazher on July 8, 2010 at 12:04am — No Comments

Sustainability debate at funder level: the cost of social and environmental data collection and reporting

One of the conundrums of the sustainability debate at the funder level is that investors want MFIs to be operate sustainably, but they do not always want to pay the full cost of this endeavor. As an example, DFI's (development finance institutions) rightly expect to receive extensive social and environmental reporting from MFI's, and from the investment funds that fund such MFI's. This is part of the DFI's mission, and such reporting is often mandated by their internal policy committees. Such… Continue

Added by Thomas Vega-Byrnes on July 6, 2010 at 12:32pm — No Comments