This document discusses strategies for a microfinance institution to alleviate poverty through providing quality and affordable microfinance services, especially to low-income women. It explores expanding the institution's customer base and services while maintaining its social mission and balancing financial sustainability through strategies like partnering with other organizations, utilizing new technologies, and developing a parallel savings bank.

2. “alleviate poverty by providing quality and cost effective microfinance services to low income households, especially women, in order to enhance their economic role and decision-making capacity.”

3. _core customer urban women _products and services general loans + some social services _financing grants and retained earnings

5. majority of the population less competition (?) people in need _changing business model _transaction costs _lack of experience _need to partner embedded experience and expertise entrepreneurship potential _competition clientele, products and services

6.  women, urban, entrepreneurial  deeper loan cycles  expansion to other cities

7. _three types of microcredit social impact

8. microcredit as a goal _give out a much money as possible _differences from bank/moneylender?

9. microcredit plus _added on benefits _Kashf – emergency loan facility, team dedicated to social action, impact assessment

10. microcredit as means _fully integrated, holistic _social impact the priority _customer fully as a partner _examples - Grameen?

12. competition VS social impact

16. _building on current business model

17. _commercial capital & private equity

19. customize it according to the business model

21. core customer products and services financing

22. core customer _urban women _entrepreneurial seeds _integrated approach _microcredit as means _savings bank products and services financing

23. _Is MFI helpful for the 'poorest of the poor'? _Should all the MIF institutions move towards integrated approach? _Which financing scheme implies less of the mission drift? discussion