There were two common threads in my addresses: overseas, the main thrust was to present Mauritius as an avant-garde banking and financial centre at the cutting edge of monetary policy-making and banking/financial regulation; locally, I highlighted the need to deliver on our core mandate.
While from now on I will have microcredit in mind when referring to microfinance in general, please keep in mind that microfinance services are much broader and also include insurance, deposit taking and sometimes even pensions. However, the most important element of microfinance today is still micro credit.