An index and study by the Economist Intelligence Unit
The Global microscope on the microfinance business environment 2011 benchmarks and evaluates business and operating conditions for microfinance in developing countries around the world. Commissioned and funded by MIF, CAF and IFC, the Global Microscope 2011 is the Economist Intelligence Unit’s third annual effort to assign ratings to microfinance markets in 55 developing countries worldwide. (Egypt’s microfinance sector was newly added to this year’s study, increasing the count from 54 countries covered in the 2010 report.) This also marks the release of the fifth annual index tracking conditions in 21 countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
