About NMI

NMI Approach

The Norwegian Microfinance Initiative (NMI) is a unique public / private investment partnership that combines Norwegian capital and knowledge to establish a strong support mechanism for microfinance institutions in developing countries. NMI follows a long term development approach with its investments and seeks to balance a positive social and economic impact with a sound financial return. This is consistent with Norway’s broader approach to international development and with the commitment of NMI’s private sector partners to socially responsible investment and sustainable development. NMI will also seek to build institutional and human capacity in the microfinance institutions in which it invests and to assure that these institutions expand their outreach to the poor, grow in a sustainable fashion, and develop new products and services that serve poor and low income people (and particularly women and their families) in new ways.