5. What microfinance activities do MicroNed members finance?
MicroNed members finance a whole range of microfinance activities: MFIs, networks and associations, research institutes, training institutes, wholesalers, etc. Grants to MFIs can be provided for portfolio growth, fixed assets, technical assistance, general capacity building, research & development and operating costs (the latter only in the first years of operations).
About Microfinance
- 1. What is a micro credit?
- 2. What is microfinance?
- 3. Why do poor people not go to a traditional bank?
- 4. What is a Micro Finance Institution (MFI)?
- 5. How high are repayment rates?
- 6. Why is some 75% of the clients female?
- 7. Can poor people save?
- 8. Why do MFIs charge high interest rates?
- 9. Does microfinance reach the poorest people?
- 10. How do poor people benefit from microfinance?
- 11. Is microcredit thé magic cure against poverty?