Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa

Nearly 80 percent of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have an account with a formal financial institution. Despite recent well-publicized successes in increasing financial inclusion in a small number of African markets, such as Kenya, hundreds o...

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Main Author:	Gutin, John
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	TRANSACTIONS GRANT CLIENT WITHDRAWAL FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING IMPLEMENTATIONS CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT GOOD DEPOSITS PARTY LEGAL AGREEMENTS BUSINESS CASE TRANCHE RESULTS CORE BUSINESS NETWORKS BANKING SERVICES INFORMATION INVESTMENT PROJECTS CONSULTANTS NEW PRODUCTS BUSINESS MODELS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MARKET BRANCH OUTPUT MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS RESULT BUDGET MICROFINANCE EXPANSION INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS BUSINESS BUSINESSES INVESTMENT NETWORK FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SHARE BUSINESS STRATEGY PARTNERS PERFORMANCE TRANCHES BANKING TRADING TARGETS REVENUE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE CLIENTS MOBILE NETWORK MARKETS SHAREHOLDER CUSTOMERS OUTREACH LOANS FINCA TARGET DUE DILIGENCE MOBILE BANKING FINANCE GRANTS CLIENTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24943483/breaking-free-branch-designing-alternative-delivery-channel-projects-microfinance-banks-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23490

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spelling	okr-10986-234902021-04-23T14:04:15Z Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa Gutin, John TRANSACTIONS GRANT CLIENT WITHDRAWAL FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING IMPLEMENTATIONS CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT GOOD DEPOSITS PARTY LEGAL AGREEMENTS BUSINESS CASE TRANCHE RESULTS CORE BUSINESS NETWORKS BANKING SERVICES INFORMATION INVESTMENT PROJECTS CONSULTANTS NEW PRODUCTS BUSINESS MODELS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MARKET BRANCH OUTPUT MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS RESULT BUDGET MICROFINANCE EXPANSION INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS BUSINESS BUSINESSES INVESTMENT NETWORK FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SHARE BUSINESS STRATEGY PARTNERS PERFORMANCE TRANCHES BANKING TRADING TARGETS REVENUE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE CLIENTS MOBILE NETWORK MARKETS SHAREHOLDER CUSTOMERS OUTREACH LOANS FINCA TARGET DUE DILIGENCE MOBILE BANKING FINANCE GRANTS CLIENTS Nearly 80 percent of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have an account with a formal financial institution. Despite recent well-publicized successes in increasing financial inclusion in a small number of African markets, such as Kenya, hundreds of millions of African adults still lack access to affordable financial services. In response to this need, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and The MasterCard Foundation partnered to introduce alternative delivery channels in IFC’s key microfinance partners in Africa. Although the partnership is still at an early stage, this smart lesson distills some general lessons from two of the first alternative delivery channel engagements. These lessons may be useful for other IFC teams in structuring such projects with microfinance clients. 2015-12-22T19:43:51Z 2015-12-22T19:43:51Z 2015-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24943483/breaking-free-branch-designing-alternative-delivery-channel-projects-microfinance-banks-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23490 English en_US IFC SmartLessons; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ International Finance Corporation World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Congo, Democratic Republic of
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topic	TRANSACTIONS GRANT CLIENT WITHDRAWAL FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING IMPLEMENTATIONS CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT GOOD DEPOSITS PARTY LEGAL AGREEMENTS BUSINESS CASE TRANCHE RESULTS CORE BUSINESS NETWORKS BANKING SERVICES INFORMATION INVESTMENT PROJECTS CONSULTANTS NEW PRODUCTS BUSINESS MODELS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MARKET BRANCH OUTPUT MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS RESULT BUDGET MICROFINANCE EXPANSION INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS BUSINESS BUSINESSES INVESTMENT NETWORK FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SHARE BUSINESS STRATEGY PARTNERS PERFORMANCE TRANCHES BANKING TRADING TARGETS REVENUE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE CLIENTS MOBILE NETWORK MARKETS SHAREHOLDER CUSTOMERS OUTREACH LOANS FINCA TARGET DUE DILIGENCE MOBILE BANKING FINANCE GRANTS CLIENTS
spellingShingle	TRANSACTIONS GRANT CLIENT WITHDRAWAL FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING IMPLEMENTATIONS CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT GOOD DEPOSITS PARTY LEGAL AGREEMENTS BUSINESS CASE TRANCHE RESULTS CORE BUSINESS NETWORKS BANKING SERVICES INFORMATION INVESTMENT PROJECTS CONSULTANTS NEW PRODUCTS BUSINESS MODELS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MARKET BRANCH OUTPUT MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS RESULT BUDGET MICROFINANCE EXPANSION INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS BUSINESS BUSINESSES INVESTMENT NETWORK FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SHARE BUSINESS STRATEGY PARTNERS PERFORMANCE TRANCHES BANKING TRADING TARGETS REVENUE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE CLIENTS MOBILE NETWORK MARKETS SHAREHOLDER CUSTOMERS OUTREACH LOANS FINCA TARGET DUE DILIGENCE MOBILE BANKING FINANCE GRANTS CLIENTS Gutin, John Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa
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description	Nearly 80 percent of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have an account with a formal financial institution. Despite recent well-publicized successes in increasing financial inclusion in a small number of African markets, such as Kenya, hundreds of millions of African adults still lack access to affordable financial services. In response to this need, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and The MasterCard Foundation partnered to introduce alternative delivery channels in IFC’s key microfinance partners in Africa. Although the partnership is still at an early stage, this smart lesson distills some general lessons from two of the first alternative delivery channel engagements. These lessons may be useful for other IFC teams in structuring such projects with microfinance clients.
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author	Gutin, John
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title	Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa
title_short	Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa
title_full	Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa
title_fullStr	Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa
title_sort	breaking free of the branch : designing alternative delivery channel projects for microfinance banks in africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24943483/breaking-free-branch-designing-alternative-delivery-channel-projects-microfinance-banks-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23490
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Breaking Free of the Branch : Designing Alternative Delivery Channel Projects for Microfinance Banks in Africa

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