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NAME :- HARSHIT DOSIROLL NO. :- 520873425FROM:- IICE

COLLEGE , UDAIPUR ( RAJ )

CONCEPT

Microfinance is the provision of a broad range of financial services such as deposits, loans, payment services, money transfers, and insurance to poor and low-income households and, their micro enterprises.

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HISTORY OF MICRO FINANCE Fully-incorporated microfinance and

community development bank-ShoreBank, founded in 1973 in Chicago.

First microloan in Bangladesh in 1974 Economics professor Muhammad Yunus.

Accion International, began disbursing microloans in Recife, Brazil as early as 1975.

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SOURCES OF MICRO FINANCE SERVICES

FORMAL INSTITUTIONS

Such as rural banks and cooperatives; NGOs.

INFORMAL SOURCES

Such as money lenders and

shopkeepers.

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Began in 1976 in Bangladesh

Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank

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Prof. Muhammad Yunus,Founder, Grameen Bank

16 DECISIONS OF GRAMEEN BANK

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1. We shall follow and advance the four principles of Grameen Bank --- Discipline, Unity, Courage and Hard work – in all walks of our lives. 2. Prosperity we shall bring to our families.

3. We shall not live in dilapidated houses. We shall repair our houses and work towards constructing new houses at the earliest.

4. We shall grow vegetables all the year round. We shall eat plenty of them and sell the surplus.

5. During the plantation seasons, we shall plant as many seedlings as possible

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6. We shall plan to keep our families small. We shall minimize our expenditures. We shall look after our health. 7. We shall educate our children and ensure that they can earn to pay for their education.

8. We shall always keep our children and the environment clean.

9. We shall build and use pit-latrines

10. We shall drink water from tubewells. If it is not available, we shall boil water or use alum.

11. We shall not take any dowry at our sons' weddings, neither shall we give any dowry at our daughters wedding. We shall keep our centre free from the curse of dowry. We shall not practice child marriage

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12. We shall not inflict any injustice on anyone, neither shall we allow anyone to do so.

13. We shall collectively undertake bigger investments for higher incomes.

14. We shall always be ready to help each other. If anyone is in difficulty, we shall all help him or her.

15. If we come to know of any breach of discipline in any centre, we shall all go there and help restore discipline.

16. We shall take part in all social activities collectively

ACHIEVEMENTS OF MICRO FINANCE

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ACHIEVEMENTS

3.5 million borrowers

$4.4 billion lent 500 types of micro-businessesaverage amount: $160peer support and pressure$4.1 billion repaid

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“We have received a lot of things from the international community, but we given the model of

microcredit to the world”. - Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia

ISSUES

HIGH COST OF CAPITAL

Effective cost of micro lending is 24-26%

BORROWINGS TO MFI

Priority Sector-funding obligation.

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ISSUES

MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS / FINANCING SOURCES

CAPACITY OF MFI

Innovative product, strategic linkage and re-engineering of financial products.

SUPERVISION AND REGULATION

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CHALLENGES Regional imbalance

Credit to enterprise

Growth of micro finance services

Financial viability and sustainability of the MFIs

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CHALLENGES Designing financially sustainable models

Aim for community participation & ownership

Increase outreach and scale up operations

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OPPORTUNITIES

Huge untapped market- an attractive business proposition for commercial banks.

Scaling up of MFIs to expand and more out reach.

Partnership with matured MFIs.

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CONCLUSION No one model can be replicated, so

models to be tailored according to the requirement of the place.

Micro Finance, a good business for commercial banks.

Requirement of an appropriate delivery model and a mature partner.

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