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% allocation to MF Investments
% investments/commitments to MF Investments
% of the Fund allocated to MF Investments
% of the Fund invested in or committed to MF Investments
 
A
Average Loan Balance per Borrower
Average Loan Balance per Borrower/ GNI per Capita (%)
Average Number of Active Borrowers
Average Savings Balance per Saver
Average Savings Balance per Saver/ GNI per Capita (%)
 
B
Bank
Borrowers per Staff Member
 
C
Capital / Asset Ratio
CGAP Financial Statements Disclosure Guidelines
Clients below poverty line (%)
Clients in bottom half of the population below the poverty line (%)
Clients in households earning less than US$1/day per household member (%)
Clients starting microenterprise for the first time (%)
Cooperative/Credit Union
Cost per Borrower
Cost to register a business (% of GNI per capita)
 
D
Debt / Equity Ratio
Deposit interest rate (%)
Deposit Rates
Deposits to Loans
Deposits to Total Assets
Discount Rate
Donations
 
E
Exchange Rates
 
F
Financial Depth
Financial Expense
Financial Expense Ratio (%)
Financial Revenue
Financial Revenue (Total)
Financial Revenue Ratio (%)
Foreign Direct Investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
Fund Advisor(s)
Fund Assets (US$)
Fund Assets allocated to MF Investments (US$)
Fund Assets invested in or committed to MF Investments, but not yet disbursed (US$)
Fund currency
Fund Manager
Fund Subadvisor(s)
 
G
GDP (current US$)
GDP Growth (annual %)
Gini Index
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
Gross Domestic Savings (% of GDP)
Gross Loan Portfolio
Gross Loan Portfolio / Total Assets
 
I
Income share held by highest 10%
Income share held by lowest 10%
Inflation Rate (Changes in Consumer Prices)
Interest rate spread (lending rate minus LIBOR)
 
L
Lending Rate
Loan Loss Provision Expense
Loan Loss Provision Expense Ratio (%)
Loan Loss Reserve
Loan Loss Reserve Ratio (%)
Loans below US$300 (%)
 
  
N
Net Asset Value (% increase on previous years)
Net Asset Value (% 3 year annual average)
Net Asset Value (% increase since inception)
Net Income (After Taxes and Before Donations)
Net Income (After Taxes and Donations)
Net Income (Before Taxes and Donations)
Net Loan Portfolio
Net Non-operating Income
Net Operating Income
Net private capital flows
New projected MF Investments next year (US$)
NGO
Non-Bank Financial Institution
Non-operating Expense
Non-operating Revenue
Number of Active Borrowers
Number of Active Clients
Number of active MF Investments
Number of Personnel
Number of Voluntary Savers
Number of Women Borrowers
 
O
Operating Expense
Operating Expense / Loan Portfolio (%)
Operating Expense Ratio (%)
Operating Expenses/Period Average Fund Assets
Operational Self-Sufficiency (%)
Other Revenue Related to Financial Services
 
P
Period Average Assets
Period Average Equity
Period Average Gross Loan Portfolio
Period Average Personnel
Population density (people per sq km)
Population growth (annual %)
Population, total (millions)
Portfolio at Risk > 30 days
Portfolio at Risk > 30 days Ratio (%)
Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)
Portfolio investment, equity (DRS, current US$)
Poverty gap at $1 a day (%)
Poverty headcount, rural (% of population)
Private capital flows, total (% of GDP)
Profit Margin
 
R
Real interest rate (%)
Region
Return on Assets (%)
Return on Equity (%)
Risk Coverage Ratio (%)
Rural Bank
Rural Population
 
S
Savers per Staff Member
 
T
Taxes
Total Assets
Total Equity
Total Expense Ratio (%)
Total Liabilities
Total Liabilities and Equity
Type of Institution (MFI)
 
U
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)
 
V
Voluntary Savings
 
W
Women Borrowers (%)
Workers' remittances, net (BoP, current US$)
Workers' remittances, receipt (BoP, current US$)
Write Off Ratio (%)
Write Offs for the 12-month period
 
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