ESSAYS ON REGULATION AND SUPERVISION
PATRICK MEAGHER
THE IRIS CENTER
April 2005
Microfinance Regulation and
Supervision in South Africa

ESSAYS ON REGULATION AND SUPERVISION
No.6 — Microfinance Regulation and Supervision in South Africa
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mr Meagher has been an Associate Director of IRIS
since 1994, and holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard
University. His research and advisory work deals with
decentralization, regulatory reform, anti-corruption
mechanisms, and institutional frameworks for medium-
and small-scale finance. He has worked with the
Microfinance Regulatory Council in South Africa on
several occasions, providing analytical expertise on
legal barriers to expanding access to finance in South
Africa.
ABOUT THE SERIES
The Essays on Regulation and Supervision series has
been commissioned for the Microfinance Regulation and
Supervision Resource Center, funded by the
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and
implemented by the IRIS Center. These essays are
intended to provide additional insights and perspectives
on the experiences of microfinance institutions,
regulators, donors, and others regarding specific
microfinance legal and regulatory environments.
DISCLAIMER
The views and opinions expressed in these essays are
those of each author and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of CGAP or the IRIS Center.
THE MICROFINANCE REGULATION AND
SUPERVISION RESOURCE CENTER
You may find this and other essays in this series at the
Microfinance Regulation and Supervision Resource
Center: www.cgap.org/regulation.
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