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Key Phrases: microfinance regulation, investing excess liquidity, microfinance business, Bank of Uganda, Shareholder Agreement, New York (more...)

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In response to a clear need by low-income people to gain access to the full range of financial services including savings, a growing number of microfinance NGOs are seeking guidelines to transform from credit-focused microfinance organizations to regulated deposit-taking financial intermediaries. In response to this trend, this book presents a practical "how-to" manual for MFIs to develop the capacity to become licensed and regulated to mobilize deposits from the public.

Transforming Microfinance Institutions provides guidelines for regulators to license and regulate microfinance providers, and for transforming MFIs to meet the demands of two major new stakeholders -regulators and shareholders. As such, it focuses on developing the capacity of NGO MFIs to mobilize and intermediate voluntary savings. Drawing from worldwide experience, it outlines how to manage the transformation process and address major strategic and operational issues inherent in transformation including competitive positioning, business planning, accessing capital and shareholders, and how to "transform" the MFI's human resources, financial management, MIS, internal controls, and branch operations. Case studies then provide examples of developing a new regulatory tier for microfinance, and how a Ugandan NGO transformed to become a licensed financial intermediary.

This book will be invaluable to regulators and microfinance NGOs contemplating institutional transformation and will be of tremendous use to donors and technical support agencies supporting MFIs in their transformation.

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Paperback: 566 pages
Publisher: World Bank Publications (August 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821366157
ISBN-13: 978-0821366158
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
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microfinance regulation, investing excess liquidity, microfinance business, new savings products, financial sector experience, microfinance network, pilot branch, voluntary savings services, microfinance industry, interbranch transactions, internal audit manual, days base rate, larger savers, regulated financial intermediary, financial systems approach, microcredit organizations, microfinance services, branchless banking, commercial microfinance, licensed financial institution, transformation committee, microfinance market, chief internal auditor, microfinance operations, potential savers

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Bank of Uganda, Shareholder Agreement, New York, World Bank, Assist the Poor, Consultative Group, Shorebank Advisory Services, Uganda Microfinance Union, Latin America, Kyrgyz Republic, Equity Bank, Lloyd Stevens, Uganda Finance Trust, United States, Banco Los Andes, Basle Committee, David Cracknell, Kumarian Press, Practical Guide, Uganda Microfinance Limited, Uganda Women's Finance Trust, Harvard Business Review, K-Rep Bank, Microfin Tip, Technische Zusammenarbeit

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Risk Management by Dearborn Financial Services on 8 pages
Microfinance Revolution by Marguerite Robinson on 4 pages
Microfinance Handbook: An Institutional and Financial Perspective (Sustainable Banking With the Poor) by Joanna Ledgerwood in Front Matter, page 304, and page 332
Mainstreaming Microfinance: How Lending to the Poor Began, Grew and Came of Age in Bolivia by Elisabeth Rhyne in Front Matter, and page 20
The New World of Microenterprise Finance: Building Healthy Financial Institutions for the Poor (Kumarian Press Library of Management for Development) by Maria Otero on page 20, and page 458

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5.0 out of 5 stars The primary source for information on sustainable microfinance institutions, December 1, 2007

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This edited volume includes contributions from some of the strongest practitioners in the field of microfinance, many of whom work at Accion in Washington DC. A number of the authors have also taught advanced microfinance classes, and this experience comes across in a volume that is both accessible and reflects their ground-breaking work.

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