Directory of Microfinance Resources

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Microfinance provides financial services to low-income clients and solidarity lending groups, including consumers and the self-employed.

Resources in This Category

• Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA)

  http://www.ada-microfinance.org/
  Microfinance organization based in Luxembourg. Financial support and technical services for microfinance institutions. Publications, library and database. Specialised in French publications.

• FINCA International

  http://www.finca.org/
  Non-profit microfinance organization providing financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs.

• India Microfinance

  http://indiamicrofinance.com/
  Business news portal providing information about the microfinance sector in the region.

• Kiva

  http://www.kiva.org/
  Offer people in the industrialized world the opportunity to lend small sums of money through a network of institutions, to help entrepreneurs in developing countries start self-sufficient businesses. Includes information about the loan cycle, reports on current and earlier projects, and repayment statistics.

• Lendwithcare.org

  http://www.lendwithcare.org/
  Allows individuals to provide microfinance loans to small business entrepreneurs in developing countries. Created by Care International, loans can be made online.

• MicroCapital

  http://www.microcapital.org/
  Provides world news and market reports on microfinance. Includes archives.

• Microfinance Transparency

  http://www.mftransparency.org/
  Promotes transparent pricing in the microfinance world by collecting interest rate data and publishing educational information about how interest rates work.

• MIX Market

  http://mixmarket.org/
  Provides data on the global microfinance sector.

• United Prosperity

  http://www.unitedprosperity.org/
  Encourages members of the public to combat poverty and multiply the impact of their money by providing a loan guarantee system for small entrepreneurs to finance and grow their businesses.

• Veecus

  http://www.veecus.com/
  Social network geared towards microfinance and peer-to-peer lending. Members can browse projects of microentrepreneurs and personal pages of users and lenders.

• Wokai

  http://www.wokai.org/
  Provides a microfinance platform that connects contributors from around the world with entrepreneurs in rural China. Includes a video showing how the scheme works.

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