Including families of the beneficiary clients, the overall impact of microfinance is close to 465 million 5 . Number of microfinance beneficiary in Asia is the largest constituting 85% of the total recorded microfinance clients world-wide. 12. Microfinance link with gender equity is now evolving in a number of countries.
For instance: In Bangladesh Grameen Bank and ASA report that 97% and 78% of its total 12 million clients, respectively are women. In Mexico, 98% of the 765,362 clients of Banco Compartamos’s are women. In Indonesia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia reports 50% of its client are women. This ratio is 70% in Afghanistan and 50% in Pakistan.