MicroRate’s Role Reversal Revisited: Are public development institutions still crowding out? finds development financial institutions (DFIs) are actively competing with private microfinance funds – also called microfinance investment vehicles or MIVs – harming the flow of private investment into the microfinance sector. Read the report

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The State of Microfinance Investment 2011,  surveys microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) to highlight the trends and outlook for the industry. Read the Report

The Beta version of Luminis, MicroRate’s web-based analytic service on microfinance funds, is now available. Go to www.luminismicrofinance.com to access over 80 microfinance investment fund profiles.

The full service is set to launch later in 2012.

Preview the full version of Luminis here.

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