Sustaining Microfinance in Post-Tsunami Asia (CGAP Brief February, 2005)

February, 2005     CGAP

As the communities affected by the recent devastating tsunami begin to rebuild their lives, microfinance institutions (MFIs) can play a powerful part in the path to recovery. The following guidelines are intended to help MFIs provide the appropriate range of emergency and longer-term assistance to their clients, while helping both MFIs and donors ensure that the ultimate mission of the MFI--to be a sustainable provider of financial services--is not compromised.