Published Date: August 21, 2011

MicroRate.com recently released their State of Microfinance Investment 2011 report. Here are a few key findings from the press release:

  • Low-priced, domestic funding in key countries has been crowding out foreign private capital.
  • Latin America & the Caribbean is now in second place behind Europe/Central Asia in terms of the geographic investment distribution – receiving 35% and 37% respectively of total MIV investments.
  • Top fund executives predict growth rates of 20-30% for the remainder of 2011 and into 2012.
  • Both MFIs and MIVs are giving increasing priority to social performance.

More information:


You may also like

13 years ago

Congrats to MicroRate for Celebrating Its 15th Birthday

Congrats to our friends over at MicroRate for celebrating their 15th birthday a few days ago! From the MicroRate: Washington…

Read more

13 years ago

The Launch of Luminis -The First Web-based, Analytical Platform Focused on Microfinance Funds

From Microrate: January 12, 2012, Washington D.C. – On December 20, 2011, MicroRate, with the support of LuxFLAG and the…

Read more