BOI – Scale & Sustainability

This paper shares key lessons on microloan origination, including practices of CDFIs that are originating thousands of loans annually.

Providing loans and grants to diverse entrepreneurs has been seen by many as an important way to address the racial wealth gap.

Loan pricing plays a significant role in determining the scale of microenterprise programs. How should microfinance institutions think about this issue as they work to expand credit to aspiring entrepreneurs?

Compelled by the drive to serve larger numbers of aspiring entrepreneurs amid a tighter funding environment, many microenterprise development organizations are, not surprisingly, looking more closely at distance learning.

How do microenterprise development organizations scale up their microlending and business development services?

This report seeks to better understand lending institutions and the financial products that they offer.

This document summarizes the experience and lessons of six Scale Academy members with substantial focus on business development services.

This guide describes the key steps microlenders have taken in order to scale their lending and the implications of their experiences for funders interested in supporting greater scale.

This publication discusses the experiences of five leading microfinance organizations, which participate in the Scale Academy for Microenterprise Development.

Details data documenting the number, size, and services offered by microenterprise development organizations that provide a range of training and technical assistance services to clients.