BoOk: Children of Time

From highland peasant farmers in Central Asia to Canadian industrialists, South Asian buisinessmen and Europe-based scholars, the Nizari Ismailis are one of the Muslim world’s most diverse Shi’a communities. With adherents living in more than twenty-five countries in Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, they embrace peoples of widely different [...]

MFB-Pakistan and FMFB-Tajikistan Among Top-100 MFIs in 2008 MIX Global 100 Rankings

Geneva, 27 December 2008 – The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance was pleased to note that two of its institutions, First MicroFinanceBank-Pakistan (FMFB-Pakistan) and First MicroFinanceBank-Tajikistan (FMFB-Tajikistan), were ranked among the top-100 microfinance institutions by the Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc. (MIX), the microfinance industry’s leading source of information.

FMFB-Pakistan’s performance was particularly strong, ranking 7th overall. The [...]