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.
Most microfinance institutions (MFIs)/Microfinance banks (MFBs) report a high return on equity and assets and recovery rate is by and large over 90%. 13.