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Tag: Product development
Market Research for MicroFinance – Letting Demand Drive Product Development
This report is the result of research largely based on the “Market Research for MicroFinance” tools. It examines the high (25- 60%) drop-outs amongst MFIs throughout East Africa.
Jan 6, 1999
Dropouts Amongst Kenyan Microfinance Institutions
The paper examines why the MFIs in Kenya suffer such remarkably high levels of drop-out amongst their clients.
Jan 6, 1999
Innovations in Financial Services Lessons from Bangladesh for East African MFIs
This paper documents the lessons learned for Uganda from a trip to Bangladesh to examine the MFIs operating there and the products being offered by these MFIs.
Jan 3, 1999
Beyond basic credit and savings: Developing new financial service products for the poor
The paper examines the need for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to offer their clients new financial products.
Jan 9, 1997
Replication: Regressive reproduction or progressive evolution?
Increasing numbers of organizations are “replicating” the programs of successful MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs). These strengths are also weaknesses, since the models being replicated require modification for adaptation to local conditions.
Jan 6, 1997
Drop-outs, graduates, defaulters, and the excluded
The document reviews four key issues facing MFIs worldwide, with evidences drawn primarily from Bangladesh.
Jan 6, 1997