Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds

Donors support many community-managed loan funds (CMLFs) often designed as components of larger projects. Unlike microfinance institutions (MFIs) with professional staff, CMLFs rely on group members themselves to manage the funds. CMLFs can be attr...

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Main Author: Murray, Jessica
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/9638727/supporting-community-managed-loan-funds
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spelling okr-10986-96142021-04-23T14:02:46Z Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds Murray, Jessica ACCESS TO LOANS BANKS COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS DELINQUENCY EMPOWERMENT EXTERNAL CAPITAL EXTERNAL FUNDING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL SECTOR FUTURE LOANS INTEREST RATES LEVERAGE LITERACY LOAN LOAN DISBURSEMENT LOAN FUND LOAN FUNDS LOAN REPAYMENT MFI MFIS MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MONITORING SYSTEMS OUTREACH REPAYMENT REPAYMENT RATES REPAYMENT SCHEDULES REPAYMENTS RETURN REVOLVING FUNDS SAVINGS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSACTION VILLAGE VOLUNTARY DEPOSITS Donors support many community-managed loan funds (CMLFs) often designed as components of larger projects. Unlike microfinance institutions (MFIs) with professional staff, CMLFs rely on group members themselves to manage the funds. CMLFs can be attractive alternatives for areas and populations that are too expensive for formal MFIs to reach. Savings-based models have experienced promising results, but funding CMLFs with external capital at the outset almost always leads to poor repayment rates and fund failure. 2012-08-13T09:06:03Z 2012-08-13T09:06:03Z 2006-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/9638727/supporting-community-managed-loan-funds http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9614 English CGAP Brief CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACCESS TO LOANS
BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS
DELINQUENCY
EMPOWERMENT
EXTERNAL CAPITAL
EXTERNAL FUNDING
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FUTURE LOANS
INTEREST RATES
LEVERAGE
LITERACY
LOAN
LOAN DISBURSEMENT
LOAN FUND
LOAN FUNDS
LOAN REPAYMENT
MFI
MFIS
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MONITORING SYSTEMS
OUTREACH
REPAYMENT
REPAYMENT RATES
REPAYMENT SCHEDULES
REPAYMENTS
RETURN
REVOLVING FUNDS
SAVINGS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TRANSACTION
VILLAGE
VOLUNTARY DEPOSITS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO LOANS
BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS
DELINQUENCY
EMPOWERMENT
EXTERNAL CAPITAL
EXTERNAL FUNDING
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FUTURE LOANS
INTEREST RATES
LEVERAGE
LITERACY
LOAN
LOAN DISBURSEMENT
LOAN FUND
LOAN FUNDS
LOAN REPAYMENT
MFI
MFIS
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MONITORING SYSTEMS
OUTREACH
REPAYMENT
REPAYMENT RATES
REPAYMENT SCHEDULES
REPAYMENTS
RETURN
REVOLVING FUNDS
SAVINGS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TRANSACTION
VILLAGE
VOLUNTARY DEPOSITS
Murray, Jessica
Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds
relation CGAP Brief
description Donors support many community-managed loan funds (CMLFs) often designed as components of larger projects. Unlike microfinance institutions (MFIs) with professional staff, CMLFs rely on group members themselves to manage the funds. CMLFs can be attractive alternatives for areas and populations that are too expensive for formal MFIs to reach. Savings-based models have experienced promising results, but funding CMLFs with external capital at the outset almost always leads to poor repayment rates and fund failure.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Murray, Jessica
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author_sort Murray, Jessica
title Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds
title_short Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds
title_full Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds
title_fullStr Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds
title_full_unstemmed Supporting Community-Managed Loan Funds
title_sort supporting community-managed loan funds
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/9638727/supporting-community-managed-loan-funds
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9614
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