International Finance Corporation2024-08-232024-08-232024-08-23https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42081Microfinance is an important tool for improving livelihoods at the base of the pyramid by increasing access to finance to underserved households and microentrepreneurs, especially women. Yet the sector still reaches less than 20 percent of its potential market among the world’s 3 billion poor people.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOMICROFINANCEACCESS TO FINANCEFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSMARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND SHARED PROSPERITYFINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPOVERTYMSME FINANCEFINANCIAL INCLUSIONNO POVERTYSDG 1DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTHSDG 8BriefWorld Bank10.1596/42081