This note explains the intricacies of these new guidelines used by Grameen field staff and offers three criticisms of the new methodology.

This note looks briefly at the reasons for the growth in Grameen II membership, reviews Grameen’s membership policies, and then offers some observations on the composition of the membership.

This paper in a nutshell outlines what Grameen II is and how it works. It discusses the similarities between old and new Grameen, in respect of the delivery environment, group responsibilities, branch opening procedures, loan loss provisioning and write-off, staff performance incentives, and computerisation. It comments on branch performance and concludes that Grameen II is […]

This report reviews the work of VSSU, a MFI in West Bengal and attempts to assess the opportunities and constraints of VSSU’s services and to their replication elsewhere