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Mobile Financial Services: the microfinance perspective

by Team e-MFP, 20 Mar 2012

This PHB Briefing Note is based on projects that PHB Development performed for microfinance clients over the last years and on examples and case studies from other sources. It is first in a series that will elaborate on the various components required for a Microfinance Institution (MFI) to successfully introduce Mobile Financial Services (MFS), sometimes also called mobile banking. Also, it may serve for social investors or donors who want to effectively support the development of such services.

Analysis of the Determinants of the demand for financial services in rural Morocco

by Team e-MFP, 22 Feb 2012

This study has been designed to be complementary to the work carried out by the IPA (Innovations for Poverty Action) / J-PAL (The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab) team. The IPA/J-PAL study, which began in 2006, capitalised on the start of Al Amana’s activities in rural areas and aimed to quantitatively measure the economic impacts of microcredit in remote rural areas.

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Discussions Corner

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