The State of Microfinance Investment 2011, surveys microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) to highlight the trends and outlook for the industry. Based on interviews with executives of the major microfinance investment funds and a survey of the 101 active MIVs, this report examines the key factors that affected the microfinance fund market in 2010 and the trends that are likely to drive growth in 2011 and beyond.
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STUDY: The State of Microfinance Investment: 2010 MicroRate MIV Survey is the 5th annual survey evaluating trends in microfinance investment. The 2010 MIV Survey is a part of MicroRate’s MFInsights research.
View the full report, the summary paper or the presentation. Para accesar al documento en español: Situación de la Inversión en Microfinanzas: Estudio VIM MicroRate 2010.
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STUDY: Amenazas y Oportunidades en Tiempo de Crisis – Mexico
MicroRate’s MFInsights study reviewing the impact of the international financial crisis on microfinance in Mexico.
Click here to view the study: Amenazas y Oportunidades en Tiempo de Crisis – Mexico
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Cautious Resilience: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Microfinance in Latin America and the Caribbean
This MFInsights study analyzes MFIs, MIVs, networks and other affiliates.
MFInsights- Cautious Resilience (English)
MFInsights- Resistencia Cautelosa (Spanish)
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The State of Microfinance Investment 2009, MicroRate’s 2009 MIV Survey
The State of Microfinance Investment 2009, MicroRate’s 2009 MIV Survey, analyzed the growth and trends of microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs). Click here to view the summary paper or the full presentation.
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MicroRate’s 2007 MIV Survey (2008)
MicroRate released its fourth annual Microfinance Investment Vehicle (MIV) Survey in August of 2008. According to the survey, in 2007 microfinance funding through MIVs grew to US$3.066 billion from nearly US$1.481 billion in 2006. Click here to view the 2007 MIV Survey Summary or the 2007 MIV Survey Presentation.
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Role Reversal- Are Public Development Institutions Crowding Out Private Investment? (2007)
The rapid growth of foreign private lending to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the last several years has led to a surprising reversal of roles between government-owned development agencies and private lenders. Development institutions (International Financial Institutions -“IFIs”) are concentrating their loans in the strongest MFIs, leaving private lenders to look for opportunities among smaller, riskier borrowers. Development institutions are “crowding” private lenders out of the best MFIs. Click here to read Role Reversal
MicroRate’s 2006 MIV Survey- Microfinance Investment Vehicles: An Emerging Asset Class
During the last few years a new type of intermediary has evolved, that mobilizes funds from investors in rich countries and channels them to MFIs in the developing world. Popularly known as “Microfinance Funds”, entities that raise money and channel it to microfinance institutions (MFIs) are only rarely “Funds” in a legal sense. They are therefore collectively referred to as Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIVs). These microfinance investment vehicles (“MIVs”) are the subject of this review. Click here to read this survey.
MFI Performance Technical Guide
The lack of universally understood indicators in microfinance led MicroRate to pioneer a set of indicators specific to the microfinance industry for the evaluations of MFIs. MicroRate has organized this set of indicators into its Technical Guide, which is recognized industry-wide.
Click here to view the Technical Guide
Click here to view the Technical Guide (Spanish)
