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| Vega, Claudio Gonzalez; Schreiner, Mark; Meyer, Richard L.; Meza, Jorge Rodriguez; Navajas, Sergio. |
| This paper focuses on the difficulties inherent in the prudent management of growth of microfinance organizations and on potential limits to the increased efficiency, profitability, and sustainability expected from growth and large size. The paper addresses both positive and negative implications of rapid growth for microfinance organizations. The experience of BancoSol in Bolivia is used to illustrate these questions. Building upon the successful experience of PRODEM, BancoSol was chartered as a private commercial bank in 1992. The paper discusses the intangible assets inherited from PRODEM that gave BancoSol a head start and the additional advantages that resulted from formalization as a bank, in particular from the authorization to mobilize... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28328 |
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