Economic & Financial Reporter

Micro-financing in Central America 2009

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Microfinance, microfinancial, ranking, Finance

©image: REDCAMIF

Source: Red Centroamericana de Microfinanzas
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Analysis of the region's micro-financing industry in the past three years, plus the effects caused by local and global crisis in 2008.
A report by REDCAMIF (Central American Micro Financing Network), describes how the industry behaved since prosperous times, when high levels of growth were recorded throughout the region and institutions become more and more self sustainable, up to 2008, when the different international and domestic crisis impacted Central America's economies, its businessmen, its formal financing system and its micro-financing industry.

The report also includes the second ranking of micro-financing institutions in Central America, and the list of organizations with certified financial and social transparency.

See
Benchmarking report of Central America Micro-Financing 2009, in a world crisis context


Benchmarking report of Nicaraguan Micro-Financing 2009


Benchmarking report of Honduran Micro-Financing 2009

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