Microrate - the microfinance equivalent of Standard & Poor's - released a new report. It charges international development organizations (IFIs) with funding only the largest and safest microfinance institutions (MFIs) while leaving the most risky ones out. The result:
IFIs are not complementing private lenders, they are crowding them out of most attractive parts of the MFI market. IFIs nearly doubled (88% increase) their direct funding to top-rated MFIs in 2005 […]. Data on over 160 MFIs confirm this trend.
The report is controversial and stirred up quite a debate.
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