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M-CRIL continues CP Certification aligned with the CERISE+SPTF CP Certification Framework. For more details click here. | M-CRIL’s evaluation of UNCDF’s Expanding Financial Access (EFA) programme in Myanmar receives the 2022 UN Excellence Award for Gender Responsive Evaluations • Click here. to read the Evaluation Report | We have rebranded ourselves as M-CRIL Limited dropping the full form Micro-Credit Ratings International Limited | The Microenterprise Mela: Size & diversity of the microenterprise sector in India - click here to read more

Inclusive Financial
Service Providers

Agriculture
Value Chains

Digital Finance
Providers

MSME

NGOs
Schools

Our presence and reach

In 2024-25, we have worked in/with

9Countries
44Farmer Producer Organisations
78Inclusive Finance Institutions
305Communities and MSMEs

We serviced clients with

25.6million low-income customers
24.2million women borrowers
15.1billion USD portfolio

Areas of expertise

Ratings & Certifications

Due Diligence (DD)

Commercial, ESG

Impact Assessment

Economic development

Economic Development

Inclusive finance, Responsible finance

Agriculture, Value chains

Digital Financial Services

Client Protection

Social Performance Management

FPO promotion and capacity building

Programme evaluation

Equity Valuation

Livelihood promotion

Micro-Housing

MSME development

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH)

Poverty and inclusive growth

Poverty and inclusive growth

Gender and women empowerment

Gender and women empowerment

Food security, nutrition and health

Food security, Nutrition and health

Governance

Governance

Latest News

The dilemma in 21st century microfinance

Currently, this is the great dilemma in microfinance: is it beneficial to provide access to micro-credit (and incidentally other services like micro-deposits, micro-insurance and financial as well as digital literacy) for low income households across the world or is it harmful because people with...

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Notes from the field

Key achievements and progress by Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) supported by M-CRIL

Among several other activities including consulting in livelihoods and value chain promotion, M-CRIL is also engaged in promoting Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and it is one of the key activities of M-CRIL to generate sustainable economic benefits to smallholders. M-CRIL as a cluster-based...

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Publication

Microenterprise Mela-2: A mega-analysis of the contemporary microenterprise sector in India

M-CRIL presents its latest knowledge product, as of end-July 2025. This document presents a unique, updated mega-analysis of the contemporary microenterprise sector in India. It is the second publ...

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