Microfinance in Peru as Part of the Strategy of an International Investment Fund

This paper arises from the idea that in the current conditions of the credit crunch, the Microcredit can be a solution for small businesses that find it increasingly difficult to obtain credit from the banking system and also an opportunity of investment for international investors which want invest in this sector. However, for realize it there must be a system of specialized microcredit institutions and a critical mass of financial need that justifies the action also of investors, including international. Hence the idea of this survey on microfinance in Peru where we analyze the system of Microcredit and estimate, among other things, the financial needs of the institutions of Microcredit