This listserve provides microfinance practitioners an opportunity to discuss relevant issues with their peers.

We are committed to a dynamic, open, and frank discussion on topics that MFIs face in making credit and savings services available to the poor. Postings should consist of questions, answers, innovative and simple solutions to issues, notification of courses and seminars (of practical interest to practitioners), summaries of publications, and factual accounts of where MFIs have failed, encountered fraud, or lost their vision (so that all can learn from these failures). Job offerings (notices of employment) can be posted, however if you choose to reply to a job offer, please double check to make sure that you're replying privately. Postings from individuals seeking employment or consulting contracts are *not* allowed.

Please do not critique harshly, and always propose an alternative when you believe that another may be in error. We encourage postings in languages other than English, as we hope to encourage an international perspective on microfinance issues.