Census of Microfinance Institutions - 2005 - Sri Lanka

Abstract
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This census covers all Micro Finance Institutions and Non Governmental Organisations Engaged in Micro Finance activities.

These institutions have been identified as the organizations that involve directly or indirectly with the development of the country. Similarly they are supposed to be the registered institutions giving financial aid to uplift, the lower income group households and small and medium scale business enterprises.

Although it was not an objective of the census to prepare a new list of unregistered financial institutions, collecting information from those institutions were not excluded.

A non-governmental organization is an organization that carries out social services and financial activities to raise the living standards and the quality of life of the people. Accordingly it is an institute that involves directly and indirectly with the development efforts of the country. These institutions are registered with a separate unit of the Ministry of Social Services, not to mention that some of them also have also registered with other Organizations.

According to a request made by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the Department of Census and Statistics has undertaken to carry out a Census of Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIS) engaged in micro finance activities. This includes MFIs' registered for micro finance activities as the main function, Government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who engage in micro finance activities as the main or secondary activity. This was a full enumeration.

As a list of micro finance institutions was not available, it was necessary to carry out a listing operation separately. To make a full list of MFIS, various available sources were made use of. The list thus constructed was streamlined and used as a source to prepare the final list for the census.

Geographic coverage
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National Coverage ( except Northern province and Eastern province)

Analysis unit
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Micro Finance Institutions and Non Governmental Organisations Engaged in Micro Finance activities

There are three types of financial institution.

1) Formal - This includes commercial banks and financial institutions which comes under the supervision of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. But these are excluded from the Census of Micro Finance Institutions.

2) Semi-Formal - This includes Non-governmental organizations and co-operative unions, that do not come under the supervision of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. These were included in the Census.

3) Informal - Includes pawning centers. Places for lending money, and small scale financial institutions with advisory services etc. These institutions were also included in the census.

Universe
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The Servay coverd all Micro finance Institutioins and Non Governmental organisations engaged in Micro Finance activities not registerd in Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Banks and Financial Institutions registered with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka are excluded from the census.

Kind of data
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Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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Following topics were included in the questionnaire for Census of MFI 2005 which was prepaired under the directions of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka :

Geographical Information
General Information about the institution
Type of ownership such as local, foreign or both
Information about the branches
Type of activities
Assets and liabilities of the institution
Auditor details
Employment position as at March 2005

A pilot test was conducted in Colombo, Gampaha and few other Districts.

Cleaning operations
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Data Editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing including
a) Official Editing and coding
b) Structural checking and consistancy check
c) Verification Entry
d) Secondry Editing
CsPro version 3.3 Used as software

摘要
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本普查涵盖了所有从事微型金融活动的微型金融机构和非政府组织。这些机构被认定为直接或间接参与国家发展建设的组织。同样，它们也被视为注册机构，提供金融援助以提升低收入家庭和中小企业的发展。尽管普查的目标并非编制未注册金融机构的新名单，但从这些机构收集信息并未被排除。
非政府组织是指执行社会服务和金融活动以提升人民生活水平和质量的组织。相应地，它是一个直接或间接参与国家发展努力的机构。这些机构在社会保障部的独立单位注册，更不用说其中一些也已在其他组织中注册。
应斯里兰卡中央银行的要求，人口普查与统计部承担了对从事微型金融活动的微型金融机构（MFIS）进行普查的任务。这包括以微型金融活动为主要职能的注册微型金融机构，以及从事微型金融活动为主要或次要活动的政府和非政府组织（NGO）。这是一次全面普查。
由于没有微型金融机构的名单，因此有必要进行单独的清单编制操作。为了构建完整的MFIS名单，利用了各种可用来源。因此构建的名单经过精简，并作为准备普查最终名单的来源。
地理覆盖范围
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全国范围（除北部省份和东部省份外）
分析单元
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从事微型金融活动的微型金融机构和非政府组织
存在三种类型的金融机构。
1) 正式机构 - 包括受斯里兰卡中央银行监管的商业银行和金融机构。但它们被排除在微型金融机构普查之外。
2) 半正式机构 - 包括不受斯里兰卡中央银行监管的非政府组织和合作社联合会。这些机构包含在普查中。
3) 非正式机构 - 包括典当中介、贷款场所以及提供咨询服务的微型金融机构等。这些机构也被包含在普查中。
总体
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普查涵盖了所有未在斯里兰卡中央银行注册的从事微型金融活动的微型金融机构和非政府组织。注册于中央银行的银行和金融机构被排除在普查之外。
数据类型
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普查/列举数据 [cen]
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]
研究工具
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以下主题包含在2005年微型金融机构普查问卷中，该问卷是在斯里兰卡中央银行的指导下准备的：
地理信息
机构的一般信息
所有权类型，如本地、外国或两者兼有
分支机构信息
活动类型
机构资产和负债
审计员详情
截至2005年3月的就业职位
在科伦坡、干帕哈和少数其他地区进行了试点测试。
数据清理操作
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在整个处理过程中，包括以下阶段进行了数据编辑：
a) 官方编辑和编码
b) 结构检查和一致性检查
c) 验证输入
d) 二次编辑
使用CsPro版本3.3作为软件。