ADA, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Inpulse release a report summarising the results from a joint survey initiative conducted among their partner MFIs during the crisis. Learn more about the operational constraints, financial impacts and prospects for the future in this study conducted among our partner institutions.

ADA is publishing a summary of the surveys conducted among the clients of its partner MFIs and networks and the measures taken as a result to better meet their needs.

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe showcased the flexibility and reactivity of our teams.

Find out the results of the water and sanitation projects carried out in the Central American and Caribbean MFIs affiliated to REDCAMIF, implemented under the ADA-REDCAMIF programme (2018-2021).

ADA’s experience in promoting “green” uses and practices among its microfinance customers.

The Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP) is a 10-year programme which aims to strengthen the safety nets of 10 million smallholder households in Africa, Latin America and Asia through technical assistance and investment in agricultural value chains, resulting in an improved well-being of 50 million low-income people. Funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Luxembourg Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, the SSNUP works as a facility to co-finance the technical assistance projects of impact investors active in the field. ADA ensures the coordination as well as the knowledge management component of the whole programme.

Enabling Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) migrant workers to access insurance products to protect the income and living condition of their family members back home, through an innovative technology solution linked to remittances.

Between 2018 and 2021, REDCAMIF published a series of studies on microfinance in Central America and the Caribbean to highlight the advances and challenges of the inclusive finance sector in the region.

ADA, Inpulse and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation have collaborated to monitor and analyse the effects of the Covid-19 crisis for their partner microfinance institutions worldwide. Ce suivi a été réalisé périodiquement tout au long de l'année 2020 afin d’avoir une meilleure vision de l'évolution de la situation. Avec cette analyse régulière et approfondie, nous espérons contribuer, à notre niveau, à la construction de stratégies et de solutions adaptées aux besoins de nos partenaires, ainsi qu'à la diffusion et à l'échange d'informations entre les différents acteurs du secteur.

Regulation is now considered as essential to bring microfinance institutions to formalization and to protect clients. Yet, most studies investigating regulatory issues focus on formal regulation, namely laws, or on the way other forces, just like competition, influence the market. This note presents the key findings of a research exploring a third regulatory mode: industry self-regulation and the role played by professional associations. Through a case study based on the Tanzanian microfinance association, this research draws conclusions on factors that may favor or restrain the potential of such organizations to contribute to the general regulatory framework.

Many regulators have been tempted to cap the lending rates of microfinance institutions, that is, to limit the rates charged to poor and financially excluded clients through microcredit.

Interest rate restrictions have often been set in financial inclusion schemes. Yet, such regulations may present drawbacks affecting both microfinance institutions and their clients.

Case study of the pilot project “Promoting green credits as a financial inclusion strategy in rural areas of the Dominican Republic” carried out by the Savings and Credit Bank ADOPEM S.A., an institution affiliated to the to the Dominican Network of Microfinance Institutions REDOMIF, within the framework of the regional project program of the Central American and Caribbean Network of Microfinance (REDCAMIF) and ADA Luxembourg, aiming at the promotion of financial inclusion by means of innovation in the financial product implementation.

Case study of the pilot project “COOPADEPE’s inclusive rural financing” carried out by the Cooperative of Services Association for the Development of the Espaillat Province, Inc. COOP-ADEPE (COOPADEPE), an institution affiliated to the Dominican Network of Microfinance Institutions REDOMIF, within the framework of the regional project program of the Central American and Caribbean Network of Microfinance (REDCAMIF) and ADA Luxembourg, aiming at the promotion of financial inclusion by means of innovation in the financial product implementation.

Case study of the pilot project “Credit for women linked to green energies” carried out by the Foundation for the Economic Development of Nueva Segovia, FUNDENUSE S.A., an institution affiliated to the Nicaraguan Network of microfinance institutions ASOMIF, within the framework of the regional project program of the Central American and Caribbean Network of Microfinance (REDCAMIF) and ADA Luxembourg, aiming at the promotion of financial inclusion by means of innovation in the financial product implementation.