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- NEW!! N° 35
In favour of fair and transparent interest rates in Microfinance - N° 34
The support system for key growth sectors of the Cameroonian farmers’ organization - NOWEFOR - N° 33
The role of Harbu Microfinance in the development of the soybean value-chain - N° 32
Farmer bank, farmer terms - N° 31
PAIDEK, an MFI resistant to crises - N° 30
From “classic” microcredit to a regional solidarity-based approach: the FATICK integrated development programme, Senegal (FIDP) - N° 29
The LOS ANDES cooperative: solidarity-based finance for rural development - N° 28
Refinancing guarantees: calculated risks on behalf of small rural farmers - N° 27
Deserve remote rural zones: The experience of Buusaa Gonofaa MFI (Ethiopia) - N° 26
Legal status and good governance – is there a clear link? - N° 25
Alliances with financial institutions: the best solution for financing needs of farmer organisations and their members ? - N° 24
Popular investment associations in Ecuador: A case of “solidarity-based microinvestment” - N° 23
Equipment loans provided by Kafo Jiginew (Mali) : investing in family farms - N° 22
Moving towards a structured microfinance sector in Senegal: Development of a network – the experience of FONGS - N° 21
Marketing vision and fighting against poverty - N° 20
Innovative credit and savings institution - N° 19
The link between a micro finance institution and the modern banking sector: the cases of MC2, the NGO ADAF and Afriland First Bank in Cameroon - N° 18
Microfinance and rural financing - N° 17
The savings-credit cooperatives in Peru and Ecuador and the development of rural financial services - N° 16
The commercial model for microfinance and its effects on social inclusion - N° 15
Ventura capital en Bolivia : an alternative for rural financing ? - N° 14
The regulation of microfinance institutions : the Ethiopian experience - N° 13
Microfinance and extreme poverty - N° 12
Microfinance experiences in conflict zones - N° 11
Impact studies: the case of DESCI in Ethiopia - N° 10
The farmer's equipement credit - Kafo Jiginew in Mali - N° 9
Interest rates in the field of microfinance : a technical o political choice ? - N° 8
Impact studies: the case of MIDE - Peru - N° 7
The private financial funds - Bolivia - N° 6
The mutuelles communautaires de croissance (MC2) - Cameroon - N° 5
The guarantee funds for Latina America - N° 4
KAFO JIGINEW – southern Mali - N° 3
DECSI – Ethiopia - N° 2
PRODIA – Burkina Faso
N° 35
In favour of fair and transparent interest rates in Microfinance
The question of interest rates is of central importance to the microfinance industry. Interest rates continue to fuel debate and controversy, as they constitute the largest component of the price paid by clients for financial services which are meant to be accessible and suited to low income populations.