Efforts Against Povety

Types of Microfinance Institutions in Pakistan
• Rural Support Programmes (RSPs)
• Microfinance Banks
• Specialized Microfinance Institutions
• Others (Small NGOs etc) 4 Microfinance Lending
* Methodologies in Pakistan
• Solidarity Group Lending
– Group members provide guarantee for each other
– Group size ranges from 3 to 15-30
• Individual Lending – Loan is disbursed to individual on personal guarantees 5  

* Distribution of Clients by Gender
Male 51%
Female 49%
* Outreach of Institutions by Type
MFBs  32%
RSPs   39%
MFIs   23%
Others 06% …
* Sectorally diversified
Agriculture             25 %
Live stock              16%  
Trade                   36 %
Services                08 %
Manufacturing          09 %
Housing                  0.5 %
Other                    5.5 %