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p. 18 of 24 BACK | NEXT Introduction Need for a Development Strategy for Microfinance Microfinance in the Asian and Pacific Region ADB’s Microfinance Experience Other Agencies’ Microfinance Experience ADB’s Microfinance Development Strategy Implementation of the Strategy Mainstreaming Microfinance Better Use of Existing Modalities Enhancing ADB’s Private Sector Operations Building ADB’s Capacity Coordination Among Funding Agencies Monitoring Implementation Review of the Strategy

Microfinance Development Strategy : Implementation of the Strategy

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Mainstreaming Microfinance

The effective implementation of the strategy requires integrating microfinance assistance into ADB’s overall operations aimed at poverty reduction, as follows:

1. Microfinance assistance will be an important tool in achieving ADB’s overarching objective of poverty reduction. Therefore, microfinance subsector analysis will be an integral part of the poverty analysis of each DMC. Microfinance system development will be an integral part of operations for countries selected for such assistance.

2. Microfinance policy issues will be incorporated into broader financial sector reform programs supported by ADB to address critical policy constraints more effectively and comprehensively.

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