This study hopes to contribute to designing better responses to women microentrepreneurs' demand by helping to create more efficient and viable institutions providing them with useful financial services into the twenty-first century and beyond.

Microfinance institutions gained success through the trust and mutual support of their field workers

Does group credit system overcome problems of asymmetric information?

Can a credit card used for agricultural input suppliers and rural producers be replicated?

This paper discusses the lessons learnt from Sida's global experience in housing microfinance

Importance of organizational flexibility for successful inter-institutional linkages

Has the Credit Card program been successful in Costa Rica?

Examining MFI's commitment to gender equity and women's empowerment