Posts Tagged ‘microfinance borrowers’

Microfinance Focus, Oct 20, 2010: Millions of microfinance borrowers in Andhra Pradesh are left stranded as they are denied of their weekly microfinance loans in the wake of the microfinance ordinance which was issued by state government last week, prohibiting microfinance institutions from carrying out lending and recovering operations till they get registered with the district registering authority. Microfinance sector in Andhra Pradesh has a client ... Full story

Editorial Note: Microfinance Focus has recently started a series of field visits with an objective of bringing forward the unheard voices of microfinance beneficiaries and bottom-line stakeholders. It is an initiative to provide a forum to the borrowers, where they can voice their concerns and expectations from the industry. It will also provide an opportunity to microfinance practitioners and policy makers to better understand how ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 24, 2009: Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) has published a research report which assesses the demand for savings services among microfinance Clients in Afghanistan. The study claims that, between 15% and 79% of MFI clients in Afghanistan could save formally. Most likely about 38% of ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 08, 2009: BRAC Uganda, a subsidiary of BRAC Bangladesh has crossed 100,000 borrowers in 3.5 years of its operation in Uganda, said in the BRAC`s  official blog . Sarah Mukama, living in Mawuba village close to town of Bugembe, yesterday  became BRAC Uganda’s 100,000th borrower. She borrowed 250,000 Ugandan Shillings (US $130), which she intends to use to buy insecticides and fertilizers for ... Full story