The interactive dashboard is no longer available. For more information on the CGAP Pulse Survey of Microfinance Institutions that launched in June 2020 and concluded in December 2020, please visit the following pages:
- Microfinance and COVID-19: Insights from CGAP's Global Pulse Survey: Blog Series blog posts that contains CGAP's analysis of the survey data.
- Snapshots: MFIs During the COVID-19 Crisis: To help fill the void of publicly available data on how COVID-19 is impacting the microfinance sector, CGAP and Symbiotics – a leading microfinance investment vehicle – have partnered to analyze data on the performance of the more than 300 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Symbiotics global portfolio.
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Sub-topics: MFIs
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