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social science subjects > business and management > international business > international finance > microfinance institution
social science subjects > business and management > finance > international finance > microfinance institution

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microfinance institution  

Definition(s)

  • Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide financial services to the poor, who are normally excluded from the formal banking sector. The failures in reaching out to the poor by government schemes had generated a group of MFIs to engage in income-generating activities due to inadequate provision of savings, credit, and insurance facilities in several countries, especially in Bolivia, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Microfinance Institution]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DC63XJ48-2

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