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Articles by: Helms, B. (22 items)

Financial Inclusion 2015: Four Scenarios for the Future of Microfinance (Focus Note No. 39) (2006)
How can the international community prepare for the global demographic, political, and technological forces that will shape the future of microfinance?
Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR): Sri Lanka (2006)
Analysis of Sri Lanka's microfinance sector and recommendations for donor action.
Access for All: Building Inclusive Financial Systems (2006)
CGAP book captures 10 years of microfinance experience
Benin Country-Level Savings Assessment (2005)
Can the regulated deposit-taking institutions in Benin help the poor save?
Philippines Country-Level Savings Assessment (2005)
Identifying opportunities and constraints in increasing poor people’s access to high-quality deposit services
Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR): Nicaragua (2005)
Analysis of Nicaragua's microfinance sector and recommendations for donor action.
Mexico Country-Level Savings Assessment (2005)
Possible strategies to improve the quality and quantity of deposit services available to poor and low-income households in Mexico
Protecting Microfinance Borrowers (Focus Note No. 27) (2005)
Consumer protection in microfinance
MicroSave Briefing Note # 9: Key Questions That Should Precede New Product Development (2001)
What are the issues that need to be addressed before starting product development?
Interest Rate Ceilings and Microfinance: The Story So Far (Occasional Paper No. 9) (2004)
Interest rate ceilings - Impeding microfinance
Elements of Donor Effectiveness in Microfinance: Policy Implications (2004)
What makes a donor agency effective in supporting microfinance?
How Donors Can Help Build Pro-Poor Financial Systems (Donor Brief No. 17) (2004)
Utilizing financial system approach to serve the poor better
Tackling Aid Effectiveness from the Top: Microfinance as a Test Case - Policy Implications of the Donor Peer Reviews (2003)
What are the policy implications of donor peer reviews?
Assessing the Relative Poverty Level of MFI Clients: Synthesis Report Based on Four Case Studies (2000)
What are the prerequisites to a comprehensive assessment of an MFI?
CGAP's Pilot Micro-finance Capacity-building Initiative in Africa: What Have We Learned? (Focus Note No. 14) (1999)
A report of the rationale, objectives, costs and results of the Pilot initiative
Anatomy of a Micro-finance Deal: The New Approach to Investing in Micro-finance Institutions (Focus Note No. 09) (1997)
A new model for donor-MFI relationships
Cost Allocation For Multi-Service Micro-Finance Institutions (Occassional Paper No. 02) (1998)
What is the purpose of cost allocation?
Financial Services Associations: The Story so Far (2001)
Why have FSAs achieved only limited success?
Those Who Leave and Those Who Don´t Join: Insights from East African Microfinance Institutions (Focus Note No. 16) (2000)
Who are those that do not join microfinance institutions?
Comparing Microfinance Assessment Methodologies (2002)
What are the best ways of assessing microfinance institutions and how can the results be used?
Product Costing Tool (Technical Tool Series No. 06) (2002)
How should a MFI determine the costs of its products?
Looking Before You Leap: Key Questions That Should Precede Starting New Product Development (2001)
Can product development make microfinance institutions more client-driven?

Articles by: Reille, X. (18 items)

Islamic Microfinance: An Emerging Market Niche (Focus Note No. 49) (2008)
Islamic microfinance sector's potential to expand financial access
Foreign Capital Investment in Microfinance: Balancing Social and Financial Returns (CGAP Focus Note No. 44) (2008)
This focus note describes how private investors with a social and financial focus can benefit microfinance.
Microfinance Investment Vehicles (CGAP Brief) (2007)
Exploring the potential of microfinance investment vehicles
Public Investor Microfinance Portfolio: CGAP 2005 Survey (2006)
Objectives, methodology and highlights of CGAP 2005 survey
Reporting and Performance Indicators for Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIV) (2006)
Presentation at KfW microfinance investment workshop “Reducing Barriers for Investment in Microfinance: The Role of Structured Finance, Rating and Benchmarking”, September 21-22, 2006, Frankfurt, Germany.
Microfinance in Algeria - Opportunities and Challenges (Final Report) (2006)
This report provides an overview of the Algerian financial sector and highlights the opportunities and challenges for the development of microfinance.
Report of CGAP Multi-Donor Mission: Microfinance in Yemen (2005)
Is Yemen adequately geared up for an expansion in microfinance?
Report of CGAP Multi-Donor Mission - Microfinance in Yemen (2005)
Strategies to increase the pace of microfinance development in Yemen
Meeting the Demand for Microfinance in the West Bank and Gaza (2006)
This report assesses the Palestinian microfinance sector, identifies obstacles and makes recommendations for reforms.
Diagnostic Report on the Legal and Regulatory Environment for Microfinance in Tunisia (2005)
This report describes policy-related obstacles to the development of microfinance in Tunisia and provides recommendations for interventions in the sector.
Diagnostic Report on the Legal and Regulatory Environment for Microfinance in Morocco (2005)
How can Morocco help its microcredit associations?
Interest Rate Ceilings and Microfinance: The Story So Far (Occasional Paper No. 9) (2004)
Interest rate ceilings - Impeding microfinance
Foreign Investment in Microfinance: Debt and Equity from Quasi-Commercial Investors (Focus Note No. 25) (2004)
A growing source of funds for promising microfinance institutions
Trends and Challenges in Microfinance (2003)
Enabling factors in scaling up microfinance in the Arab World
IT Innovations for Microfinance (2003)
How can information technology propel outreach in the underserved microfinance markets of Latin America?
Impacts of the Asian Financial Crisis on Indonesia's People's Credit Banks (2000)
Appraisal Document for XAC Mongolia (2000)
Can institutional investors be persuaded to invest in Mongolian microfinance institutions?
Comparing Microfinance Assessment Methodologies (2002)
What are the best ways of assessing microfinance institutions and how can the results be used?
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