Outreach of Microfinance Institutions in Yemen-A vital Part of Yemen Financial System

This paper aims to evaluate microfinance institutions in Yemen in terms of growth in the number of active clients, microfinance loan portfolio and depth of outreach. The study found that microfinance institutions in Yemen have less outreach in terms of growth in the number of microfinance active clients, microfinance loan portfolio. However, the study found that microfinance institutions have good outreach scope in terms of depth of outreach. The study suggested that MFIs could also able to maintain the growth of outreach by attaining institutional sustainability by bringing down the administrative/operational costs to a lower level. It is also suggested that micro finance institutions should make an Integration of various microfinance products.