World Economic Forum Report on Microfinancing

The world economic forum presented a report on Blended Value Investment in March 2006. This report includes some of the most recent innovations and statistics in the field of microfinance. The report is a market based approach to addressing many of the challenges facing the global community. It is a result of the 2005 Davos meeting, where session participants requested that a research project be conducted that could explore in great detail how a variety of capital finance strategies are being applied to the area of blended value investment.

Since the area of microfiance is viewed by many as an excellent example on how economic and social value may be leveraged though investment innovations, participants ask that this research also summarize current practices in microfinance that might inform investment activities in other related areas.

This paper is organized into three inter-related sections, each with case studies presenting details on the process and innovations within the blended investment area. The first section explores debt finance. The second section in which credit guarantees and enhancements. Tea third section deals with private equity investment innovations.

For the full report please visit: www.weforum.org