Enabling Environment

The Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN) has made considerable progress since its first policy efforts in 1999. It has established its credibility as a practitioner network, and policymakers and donors alike are receptive to its viewpoints. The Network plans to formalize its policy advocacy and networking agenda under the Business Plan 2008–12. Some of the PMN’s achievements include:

• Raising awareness on issues such as financial sustainability, regulation, credit rating, and credit bureaus;
• Developing a lasting relationship with policymakers;
• Informing policymakers through research of the grass root realities of microfinance in Pakistan;
• Promoting greater coordination between stakeholders.