Indian Microfinance Publications

This brand-new publication of the MFN presents a practical "how-to" manual for MFIs to develop the capacity to become licensed and regulated to mobilize deposits from the public.

A Risk Management Framework for Microfinance Institutions
by MicroFinance Network, 2000
The paper provides an overview of comprehensive risk management as an approach and its key elements; a discussion of the significant risks and challenges facing MFIs today; and highlights the key principles of effective risk management and describes the risk management feedback loop.

Technical Guides

Building Customer Loyalty, MFN Technical Guide No.2
by Craig F. Churchill and Sahra Halpern, 2001 English / Spanish
This technical guide shows the positive economic impact of customer loyalty on both the customer and the institution, and gives MFIs step-by-step guidelines for increasing customer loyalty.

Improving Internal Control, MFN Technical Guide No.1
by Anita Campion, 2000 English / Spanish / French
How can microfinance institutions integrate internal control and risk management into their savings and loans systems? This guide advocates a new approach to internal control that integrates control mechanisms into a larger risk management framework.

Occasional Papers

# Automating Microfinance: Experience in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, MFN Occasional Paper No.5
by Anita Campion and Sahra S. Halpern, 2001 English / Spanish
# Institutional Metamorphosis: Transformation of Microfinance NGOs into Regulated Financial Institutions, MFN Occasional Paper No.4
by Anita Campion and Victoria White, 1999 English / Spanish
# Guidelines for the Effective Governance of Microfinance Institutions, MFN Occasional Paper No.3
by Anita Campion and Cheryl Frankiewicz, 1999 English / Spanish / French
# Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance Institutions: Experience from Latin America, Asia, and Africa, MFN Occasional Paper No.2
by Shari Berenbach and Craig Churchill, 1997 English / Spanish / French
# Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance Institutions: Case Studies, MFN Occasional Paper No.1
edited by Craig Churchill, 1997 English / Spanish

Conference Reports

# Microfinance Risk Management: Reducing Risks for MFIs and Clients, 2005
# Microfinance on the Cutting Edge, 2004
# Microfinance Clients, Products, Services and Market Niches, 2003
# Facilitating Growth of MFIs in Competitive Markets: Strategic Partnerships and Alliances; Customer Orientation; Regulation and Supervision; Transparency and Standardization, 2002
# Challenges to Microfinance Commercialization, 2001
# Microfinance in the New Millennium: Efficiency, Customer Satisfaction and Commercialization, 1999
# Effective Governance of Microfinance Institutions, 1998
# Moving Microfinance Forward: Ownership, Competition and Control, 1997
# Establishing a Microfinance Industry: Governance, Best Practices, Access to Capital Markets, 1996
# Key Issues in Microfinance: Supervision and Regulation, Financing Sources, Expansion of Microfinance Institutions, 1995