BWTP Microfinance Case Studies

Partnership approach in Microfinance
-- Paul Greener, Senior Program Manager, FDC

Formal-informal financial linkages: lessons from developing countries
-- Maria Pagura, Rural Finance Officer, FAO - Marie Kirsten, Economist, Development Bank of Southern Africa

Financial linkages in Bangladesh
-- Abdul Awal, Director, CDF

Management Information Systems for Microfinance
-- Ali Ahmad, Chief Information Officer, the First Microfinance Bank Ltd, Pakistan

Remittances, Microfinance and Technology
-- Chandula Abeywickrema, Deputy General Manager, Hatton National Bank, Sri Lanka

These two case studies papers are part of a compendium of papers prepared by the Banking with The Poor network and FDC with support from Citigroup Foundation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Click on Electronic Banking with the Poor to access the full compendium.

A case study on Pakistan
-- Ali Ahmad, Chief Information Officer, The First Microfinance Bank Ltd, Pakistan

A case study on Vietnam
-- Phan Cu Nhan, Director, International Co-operation Department, Vietnam Bank for Social Policies

A case study on the Philippines
-- Eduardo C. Jimenez, Microfinance Consultant of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; Pia Bernadette Roman, Officer in the Microfinance Unit of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas