Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor

by Victoria White and Joanna Ledgerwood

In response to a clear need by low-income people to gain access to the full range of financial services including savings, a growing number of microfinance NGOs are seeking guidelines to transform from credit-focused microfinance organizations to regulated deposit-taking financial intermediaries. In response to this trend, this book presents a practical 'how-to' manual for MFIs to develop the capacity to become licensed and regulated to mobilize deposits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821366157
• ISBN13: 9780821366158
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 517 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"