• CGAP Virtual Conference: Microfinance and the Financial Crisis, November 18-20, 2008
• Mini Series on the Global Financial Crisis' Impact on Microfinance, Capital Markets and the Crisis, December 10, 2008
• 22nd World Savings Banks Institute World Congress Financial Inclusion in a Globalised World: Our challenge (EN/SP), April 30th to May 1st, 2009, Santiago, Chile
• U.S.A.I.D.: "Will the Bottom of the Pyramid Hit Bottom" (2009).
  This paper examines the main conduits of contagion of the financial crisis to the microfinance sector worldwide and assesses the impact that the crisis will have on the sector.
• CGAP: "The Global Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Microfinance" (2009).
  The report discusses the critical challenges microfinance faces and opportunities for development and institutional strengthening.
• MicroRate: "Cautious Resilience: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Latin American & Caribbean Microfinance Institutions" (2009)
  The study combines data and interviews from 52 MFIs, 23 microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) and MicroRate's internal observations since the crisis began.
• CGAP & J.P. Morgan: "Shedding Light on Equity Valuation: Past and Present" (2009).
  A report that challenges conventional approaches to equity valuation in microfinance and establishes the first benchmarks for microfinance equity valuations. After a downturn in 2009, the report predicts that valuations will bounce back in 2010.
• Wall Street Journal: "Mexico's Microfinance Industry Undergoes Shake-Up On Crisis" (2009)
  Article details Mexico's microfinance industry and the crisis' effects.
• The Economist: "Microfinance: Sub-par but not subprime" (2009)
  Article reports lending to the poor has held up well but it is not as safe from the credit crisis as its champions hoped.
• eGov Monitor: "The Crisis and Microfinance in Latin America" (June 2009)
  The article explores regional MF performance since the wake of the crisis.
• CGAP: "The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Microfinance Institutions and their Clients" (May 2009)
  Results from CGAP's 2009 opinion survey of over 400 MFI managers.
• Reuters: "Crisis Hits Micro-Loans in Eastern Europe" (May 2009)
  The global financial crisis is reducing the pool of small unsecured loans for the poor, particularly in Eastern Europe, just as state resources for supporting the worst-off are dwindling.

Microfinance Insights: "Global Crisis and Microfinance: Tough Times Ahead" (2009).
This is a series of articles from Microfinance Insights March/April 2009 publication.

• From Crisis to Catharsis: How Microfinance Can Make it through the Global Recession
• Risky Business: Can Rating Agencies do More to Protect MFIs During the Crisis?
• The Dangers of Leverage
• Locked in: Microfinance needs a radical change before it's too late