Providing capital to the microfinance sector worldwide
08 Microfinance
Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income groups in developing countries. An inclusive financial sector, where the majority of people have access to financial services, provides a sustainable basis for balanced socio-economic development.
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Partner
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Pride Tanzania
Tanzania
Pro Mujer
Bolivia
Sathapana Limited
Cambodia
Sinapi Aba Trust
Ghana
Small Enterprise Foundation
South Africa
Tenger Financial Group LLC / XacBank
Mongolia
ACLEDA Bank Lao
Laos
ACLEDA Bank
Cambodia
AMC
El Salvador
AccessBank
Azerbaijan
AccèsBanque
Madagascar
Africap Microfinance Investment Company
South Africa
Akiba Commercial Bank
Tanzania
Angkor Microfinance Kampuchea
Cambodja
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X5.9 million
Total number of micro entrepreneurs reached by the microfinance institutions in our portfolio at year-end 2009
X16 years experience
Triodos Bank has been a pioneering provider of capital to microfinance since 1994
X81 microfinance institutions
Triodos Investment Management manages four funds that provide finance for around 80 microfinance institutions
XActive Shareholder
Through our funds, we're an active shareholder in 19 microfinance institutions. This allows us to share our knowledge and banking expertise
X236 million EUR
As at 31 December 2009, the total assets under management in our four microfinance funds
XNew countries
In 2009 we added Sri Lanka, Colombia and Malawi to our list of countries where we are active as a microfinance investor
XFunds for all stages
Our funds are suited to the needs of microfinance institutions at all stages of development, from start-ups onwards
XCommitment
Our aim is to build long term relationships, based on transparency and fairness, and a shared commitment to relieving poverty and caring for the planet
Our expert: Marilou van Golstein Brouwers
"The microfinance banks and institutions we invest in worldwide are a vital catalyst for sustainable change."
Marilou van Golstein Brouwers is Managing Director of Triodos Investment Management BV, and a leading authority on microfinance. She started working for Triodos Bank in 1990. She was a member of...
More about Marilou van Golstein Brouwers
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Networks and Partners
International Association of Microfinance Investors
A global membership organization exclusively dedicated to serving current and potential microfinance investors, especially those who invest in funds and other vehicles. Triodos Investment Management is a founding member.
www.iamfi.org
Women’s World Banking
Triodos Bank is among the key supporters of Women’s World Banking, whose mission is to expand the economic assets, participation, and power of poor women as entrepreneurs and economic agents by increasing their access to finance, knowledge and markets
www.swwb.org
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Triodos Bank in action
One valuable way of sharing our knowledge is through active board membership of all the microfinance institutions in which we are a shareholder.
In each case, a senior member of our team serves as a director or alternate director on the Board, making available Triodos Bank's wide-ranging expertise in microfinance and sustainable banking.