Microfinance as an Emerging Asset Class
Abstract
This case demonstrates the internal paradox of conflicting interests and motives central
to the collaboration between microfinance as it enters into the realm of mainstream
investment and commercial funding and simultaneously struggles to adhere to its roots
in social development. The focus of this report is on commercial or private funding,
or monetary capital that is privately owned by institutional investors and invested
via intermediaries. This project utilizes a combination of quantitative and qualitative
information to evaluate the microfinance landscape that appeals to the investors.
With this knowledge, I hope to suggest targeted strategies to incentivize and promote
increased microfinance investment among institutional investors, commercial banks,
and "the Street" to better foster partnerships to benefit both financial and social
objectives.
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McGlynn, Gabrielle (2009). Microfinance as an Emerging Asset Class. Honors thesis, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/1692.Collections
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