Definition of an enhanced Bank strategy in the microfinance sector

The present policy document outlines an enhanced strategy for the Bank in the microfinance sector, alongside the European Commission and other Development Institutions and attributes different roles to the different actors according to their specific added value available to the sector. The document underlines the Bank's teaming up and exchanging of information with other DFIs and the Commission and it defines the Bank's principal added value as the triple bottom line approach of securing economic, social and environmental returns in projects it finances.