Microfinance has attracted a great deal of international attention in recent years, as an      effective tool for reducing poverty and improving welfare of households. In Sri Lanka, provision of financial services to the poor has a long history dating back to the early year of the twentieth century. Particularly during the last two decades, microfinance sector has expanded significantly, embracing all the sectors in the country namely governmental, non-governmental and co-operative sectors. Nevertheless, unavailability of proper records on the existing literature has constrained their access and dissemination to a large group of stakeholders in the microfinance sector. In the context, IPS made an effort to compile and document the details of the existing literature on microfinance in Sri Lanka published during 1980-2005. This 'Annotated Bibliography' contains details of over one hundred documents related to microfinance including books, reports, journal articles and papers presented at international and national conferences/workshops.

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