Dr. P.V. Viswanath

pviswanath@pace.edu

Research Papers and Related Sites:

• Microfinance.no: Mersland and Associates Inc.
  A variety of articles on corporate governance in mfis, innovation, women in mf and others
• Five Years of Researching Financial Services for the Poor: Results of a recent conference
  
• The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance
• Website of Prof. Jonathan Zinman
  Ccontains a wealth of articles and links related to microfinance (and other topics)

Blogs

• IFMR Blog
• Financial Access Initiative Blog (NYU)
• Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
• Elizabeth Rhyne's blogs at the Center for Financial Inclusion

MFIs by Region

South East Asia

• Badan Kredit Kecamatan
  • Indonesian Microfinance at the Crossroads by Sumantoro Martowijoyo

China

India

• SEWA:
  • http://urlwebserver.com/sewa_new/pdf/new.pdf
• IFMR
  • http://ifmrtrust.co.in/ventures/ifmrholdings.php

USA

• Kiva
  • http://www.kiva.org
  • Grameen USA

Africa

• Equity Bank, Kenya
  • http://www.equitybank.co.ke/
  • The cult of Equity: A huge success at home has been less dazzling abroad, Economist, Dec 8th 2012
  • Case Study of Equity Bank by CDC, a UK Development Finance Institution (DFI)

Industry Data

• http://www.mixmarket.org

Centers for the Study of Microfinance and Related Issues

• IPA: Innovations for Poverty Action
• Youth Inclusive Financial Services Portal

Microfinance financing

• http://www.planetfinancegroup.org/en
  
• http://www.planetfinancechina.org

Other related sites

• Auroville:
  • http://www.auroville.org/economy/industry.htm