FIELD – Scale

This webinar explains how platforms can support scale and efficiency in the microenterprise and financial capability fields.

Compelled by the drive to serve larger numbers of aspiring entrepreneurs amid a tighter funding environment, many microenterprise development organizations are, not surprisingly, looking more closely at distance learning.

How do microenterprise development organizations scale up their microlending and business development services?

This report seeks to better understand lending institutions and the financial products that they offer.

This document summarizes the experience and lessons of six Scale Academy members with substantial focus on business development services.

This guide describes the key steps microlenders have taken in order to scale their lending and the implications of their experiences for funders interested in supporting greater scale.

This publication discusses the experiences of five leading microfinance organizations, which participate in the Scale Academy for Microenterprise Development.

Details data documenting the number, size, and services offered by microenterprise development organizations that provide a range of training and technical assistance services to clients.

Achieving greater scale has been one of the primary challenges facing the microenterprise industry for more than a decade.

Explores the various factors that affect an organization’s ability to reach scale and offers recommendations for funders interested in this issue.