Using Microfin 3. 0 : A Handbook for Operational Planning and Financial Modeling

This handbook provides detailed guidance on using version 3 of Microfin, a powerful set of Excel-based business-modeling worksheets designed to develop five-year financial projections for microfinance institutions. It also provides an overall framework and general background information for strategic and operational planning. This handbook, as well as the Microfin model itself, are structured according to a best-practice planning approach that is appropriate for most microfinance institutions. This approach concentrates on four key areas of an institution's operations: products and services; marketing channels and projections of activity; institutional resources and capacity; and financing. "Using Microfin 3.0" replaces the "Business Planning and Financial Modeling for Microfinance Institutions Handbook" [1998], reflecting the major enhancements implemented in Microfin version 3. This handbook includes a CD-ROM, which contains the Microfin model and a practice case study.Lunde, Shirley is the author of 'Using Microfin 3. 0 : A Handbook for Operational Planning and Financial Modeling', published 2001 under ISBN 9781888753202 and ISBN 188875320X.