“In this video series-2 Alex Silva, a microfinance pioneer, explain in detail the major reasons for the failure of microfinance institutions – an important topic that – so far- has not been talked about. Without doubt, practitioners from around the world stand to benefit from this seminal study of Latin American MFIs. Explaining these failings, […]

In this video series-3, Alex Silva, a microfinance pioneer, summarises the details of the study of MFI failures, gives important recommendations for MFI sponsors, managers, and funders, such as: recognise microfinance as financial intermediation, focus on risk management systems, and create good corporate governance. Detailing on the specific conclusions of the study, Alex recommends donors […]

In this video series-1Alex Silva, a microfinance pioneer focuses on the need to study the failures of microfinance institutions so the new generation practitioners can avoid those pitfalls and learn from the past mistakes. Studying the 10 unsuccessful MFIs in the past 10 years in Latin America, Alex outlines six major reasons for the downfall […]