Evidence of Microfinance’s Contribution to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

This paper, commissioned by the Microcredit Summit, examines key impact studies and data from leading MFIs to address the question: "Can microfinance reach very large numbers of the very poor and still be sustainable and have important impacts?" In answer, Dr. Dunford identifies a number of sustainable MFIs bringing substantial poverty reduction to large numbers of the very poor. Moreover, he concludes that microfinance can and does contribute to achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and in a major way.

Author:

Christopher Dunford

Year:

2006

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