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Efficiency and Sustainability

Financial sustainability, outreach and impact (pdf 120kb)

This article analyses the failures and successes of credit programs aimed at small farmers. It led to the concept of the 'critical triangle of microfinance' which requires microfinance institutions (MFIs) to simultaneously manage financial sustainability, outreach and impact.

Resource link:
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/fps/ fps40.pdf
Published: Nov 2002
Source: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (http://www.ifpri.org)
Added to ADG on: 25 November 2005 , contributed by: ADG team
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