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MicroSave Documents
Briefing Notes

The Briefing Notes series is a compilation of short, focused, easy to read, summaries of key issues and ideas from MicroSave's core research and the Action Research Programme. Topics currently available in this series are indicated below. All briefing notes are available in PDF

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Briefing Note #01:

Why Bother with Product Development? … And Where to Get Help!

Briefing Note #02:

Introducing Savings into a MicroCredit Institution – Lessons from ASA

Briefing Note #03:

Mobilishing Savings

Briefing Note #04:

Enhancing Responsiveness to Clients through the Feedback Loop

Briefing Note #05:

Assessment of the Use and Impact of MicroSave-Africa’s Market Research for Microfinance Toolkit

Briefing Note #06:

The Relative Risks to the Savings of Poor People

Briefing Note #07:

Are You Poor Enough? Client Selection by MicroFinance Institutions

Briefing Note #08:

Dropouts and Graduates: What Do They Mean For MFIs?

Briefing Note #09:

Key Questions That Should Precede New Product Development

Briefing Note #10:

MicroSave-Africa’s Action Research Programme Review 2001

Briefing Note #11:

HIV/AIDS—Responding to a Silent Economic Crisis

Briefing Note #12:

Two Perspectives on Savings Services

Briefing Note #13:

Money Managers: The Poor and Their Savings

Briefing Note #14:

The Systematic Product Development Process

Briefing Note #15:

Designing Staff Incentive Schemes

Briefing Note #16:

Product Costing in Practice – the Experience of MicroSave-Africa

Briefing Note #17:

Client-Focused MicroFinance: A Review of Information Sources

Briefing Note #18:

Signposts to the Provision of Market Led Micro-Financial Services

Briefing Note #19:

Market Orientation As The Key To Deep Outreach

Briefing Note #20:  Lessons from MicroSave's Action Research Programme (2002)
Briefing Note #21: Meeting the Challenge of Technology  
Briefing Note #22: Strategic Marketing for MicroFinance Institutions  
Briefing Note #23: Proactive Risk Management: Lessons for Microfinance Institutions
Briefing Note #24: Lessons from Pilot Testing Financial Services - Experience of MicroSave