The Grameen Bank is a micro-finance institution. There are obviously very many micro-finance institutions around the world, some of them better than others. Yes, I think DFIs absolutely can have lending to MFIs as part of their portfolio. I think this is well within reason, and it is one strategy to make capital available to institutions, which are then in a position to distribute and make on-lending to smaller business owners—
On June 8th, 2017. See this statement in context.