Digital advancements transforming microfinance, expanding access to financial services and improving transaction efficiency Interview with Mr. Rehan Ahmed Yousfi —…
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Shaping the future, House of Professionals leads human capital transformation in Pakistan Stock market gains reflect progress, yet economic competitiveness…
Pakistan’s microfinance sector needs strategic vision and effective governance to maximise its growth potential and societal impact Interview with Mr Hamad…
There is a growing consensus that large commercial banks prefer to work in certain comfort zones. Top of the list…
The microfinance industry in Pakistan has seen a remarkable transformation over the past few years, playing a pivotal role in…
SDGs provide a comprehensive framework for addressing poverty in all its dimensions Private sector has a significant role to play…
There is a growing consensus that large commercial banks prefer to work in certain comfort zones. Top of the list…
The sector serves 76pc of all borrowers and accounts for about a third of all outstanding agriculture advances International studies…
The role of microfinance institutions in poverty alleviation Poverty is a pandemic that has attracted policymakers and researchers to postulate…
Despite the fact that microfinancing emerged and flourished basically in South East Asia and African countries as an effective tool…
It is generally believed that Islamic banking was re-launched to bring the large unbanked population within the folds of the…
Diversity Of Disbursed Loans (July-March FY 2022) Details Value in % Services 13.0 Manufacturing/Light Engineering/Workshop 8.0 Agriculture/Cropping 8.3 Embroidery/stitching/handicraft 16.3…
Interview with Kabeer Naqvi — President & CEO, U Microfinance Bank U Microfinance Bank Ltd. (U Bank) has been witnessed…
Poverty and unemployment are the two major issues prevailing in developing countries including Pakistan. One of the identified constraints i.e.…
In today’s world, companies are facing many problems with a new role, which is to fulfill the demands of the…
A legal framework for Islamic microfinance should be developed, and implemented in true letter and spirit Interview with Muhammad Farhan…
According to the latest World Bank study, the world is improbable to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by…
Microfinance Industry In Pakistan (Rs billions) Indicators FY21 FY22* Annual Growth Number of Branches 3,782 3,823 1.1% No. of Borrowers…
Microfinance is just one tool in the war against poverty. For microfinance to be successful at poverty reduction, it must…
The concept of Microfinance is not new as it has had its occurrence in the long past. The term `microfinance’…
Pakistan: micro credit beneficiaries, outstanding loans portfolio and loan disbursement as of Dec. 2020 MFP Active Borrowers Outstanding Loans Portfolio…
Defining Microfinance is not easy as no proper definition of the term exists. Some say it could mean anything from…
Poverty is a universal undeniable fact. It is supposed to be the most injurious economic and social problem of mankind…
AKHUWAT Akhuwat is a not-for-profit organization established in 2021. It operates with the objective of providing interest-free microfinance to marginalized…
In Pakistan, poverty has been a chief development problem. Microfinance seems to be one of the effectual solutions of removing…
According to ILO report of 2009-10, globally, number of women employed grew by 18.4% over the past decade and by…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vincent Guermond, Royal Holloway; Laurie Parsons, Royal Holloway; Nithya Joseph, Institut de recherche pour le développement…
Introduction Poverty has occupied foremost place on human development agendas of almost all countries of the world as its prevalence…
Akhuwat Foundation is a non-profit company established in 2001 and registered with SECP. Akhuwat aims to alleviate poverty by creating…
The microfinance sector in Pakistan has made significant progress in the last few years. The sector has grown rapidly, it…
Microfinance Industry Indicators Indicators Dec-17 Dec-18 YoY Growth Absolute change % Number of Branches 3,673 4,239 566 15.4 Total No.…
Introduction Microfinance services have emerged as an effective tool for financing micro-entrepreneurs to alleviate poverty. It is a tool to…
The recent shift in the dynamics and competitive nature of microfinance industry has made many users especially females sceptical about…
Share In GDP (As percent of GDP(mp)) Sectors 2003-04 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Total Consumption 82.6 91.8 90.7…
Gender is crucial in banking since a typical microfinance client is a woman from a rural household. Detailed research on…
‘By now we have travelled approximately 12 kilometres from the local branch of one of the Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in…
Poverty is a multi-faceted fabric which involves economic, social, cultural and psychological dimensions. It is a worldwide phenomenon whose consequences…
The 2018 Economic Survey revealed that in Pakistan the percentage of people living below the poverty line has fallen over…
Universally youth between the age group of 15 to 25 is taken as the most vulnerable segment of population while…
The nature of poverty is complex, and its causes are diverse. It is characterized by a lack of access to…
National Bank Of Pakistan National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) is one of the largest commercial banks of Pakistan and Corporate…
Balochistan is the most poor and least developed province of Pakistan. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) uses a broader concept…
Micro financial poverty alleviation is an important part of poverty alleviation and development, and an important measure to promote farmers’…
Microfinance Industry Indicators Indicators Dec-17 Dec-18 YoY Growth Absolute change % Number of Branches 3,673 4,239 566 15.4 Total No.…
The microcredit schemes’ main objectives which identified by the experts are to halt exploitation of the poor caused through costly…
Recent Findex stats find that ownership of financial accounts in Pakistan – including those with commercial banks, microfinance institutions, and…
With the advancement of information technology (IT)) terminology of mobile banking, which until beginning of first decade of current century…
“The poverty alleviation plan will be the most important part of the government’s 100 days in power and will be…
Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit – Mathematician Eli Khamarov It’s a hardcore fact that a…
FINCA In 2008, the bank was founded with a mission to alleviate poverty in Pakistan. FINCA provides state-of-the-art deposit and…
According to the details released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), during 2017-18 financial institutions have disbursed Rs972.6 billion as…
Microfinance banks help farmers and people who work in small industries and play vital role in the country’s economic growth.…
Founded in the year 2000, Khushhali Microfinance Bank Limited (formerly known as Khushhali Bank Limited) was a part of the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Frithjof Arp, University of Nottingham[/box] Despite around US$34 billion in funding and numerous microfinance initiatives to…
Microfinance Microfinance is just one tool in the war against poverty. For microfinance to be successful at poverty reduction, it…
Interview with Mr. M. Mudassar Adil – CEO, FINCA Microfinance Bank Limited [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””] M. Mudassar Aqil…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are two schools of thoughts on the effect microfinance has had on poverty and financial inclusion. One says that…
Rs5.58bn has been granted to 251,351 youth under PM Interest Free Loan Scheme [dropcap]M[/dropcap]icrofinance Industry in Pakistan faces a number…