IAMFI helps commercially oriented microfinance investors achieve their goals by offering credible, objective industry information, facilitating dialogue and working to improve the global environment for microfinance.
IAMFI thanks its visionary and generous Seed Capital Funders and Founding Members DOEN Foundation of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Gray Matters Capital of Georgia, USA and Omidyar Network of California, USA for providing start-up capital for IAMFI’s creation.
IAMFI is likewise grateful to Founding Members Plainfield Asset Management LLC, TIAA-CREF and Triodos Investment Management BV for their essential financial support.
Today's Microfinance News
Current Research
Morocco MFIs Confront Crisis and Strive for a Brighter 2010
Published by: CGAP
January 2010
Microfinance Through The Crisis
Published by: Fitch Ratings
November 2009
MIV Performance and Prospects: Highlights from the CGAP 2009 MIV Benchmark Survey
Published by: CGAP
September 2009
Microfinance: Taking Root In The Global Capital Markets, Part 2
Published by: Standard & Poor's
September 2009
Microfinance Private Equity: Taking the Pulse of an Emerging Investment
Microfinance Insights Vol. 13
Lindsay Clinton and Joan Trant
Published by: Intellecap
July 2009
Microfinance Banana Skins 2009: Confronting crisis and change
David Lascelles and Sam Mendelson
Published by: Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI)
July 2009
Loan Clauses That Bite - A guide to potentially dangerous covenants in common MFI loan agreements
Microfinance Voices
Marcus Fedder
Published by: Microfinance Gateway
June 5, 2009
Cautious Resilience: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Latin American & Caribbean Microfinance Institutions
MF Insights
Sebastian von Stauffenberg, Damian von Stauffenberg, Stephen Brown, Maria Belen Effio
Published by: MicroRate
March 2009
Will the Bottom of the Pyramid Hit Bottom? The Effects of the Global Credit Crisis on the Microfinance Sector
microNOTE #55
Barbara Magnoni and Jennifer Powers
Published by: USAID
March 2009
Who is Funding Microfinance: Results of the First Global Survey of Microfinance Funders' Portfolios (pdf)
Published by: CGAP
November 2008
IAMFI News
IAMFI has launched the IAMFI Microfinance Lenders Working Group
Morgan Stanley is sponsoring this important initiative, which will facilitate a stronger investment climate for microfinance as the sector seeks to increase access to financial services among the world's working poor.
2009 Event Update
Please visit the updated IAMFI Events and Industry Events pages for new information on microfinance events in 2009.
