MDLF Clients
SME, Novi list, Hegar printing house, Feral Tribune, RTV Bajina Basta, Vijesti, Radio Pleven, Radio Beta,
Chelyabinski Rabochyi, Express, Beta, Danas, Mancs, Altapress, Mig, Dani, Drina radio network, KBR68H, Eisk TV, ATV Stavropol, Reporter, El Periodico, Transitions online, Nepal radio network, FNR, Ammannet, Drik Picture Library, Malaysiakini, Parma novosti, Premier, TV2 Tomsk, B92, Media Works, Onogost, Radio Ecclesia, Radio Rota, Noseweek, Radio Premier, Inform Polis, Molodoy Bukovinets, ATV Banja Luka, Mail & Guardian, Radio Hai, Rustavi 2 TV, Borisoglebsk TV, Ideele, CORNET, The Post, Krestyanin, Tomsk Press, Moi Rayon, Melitopolskie Vedomosti, OK Radio, Cambio, Arabic Media Internet Network, Yakutsk Vecherny, Grivna, El Faro, ANRI, Radio 021, RTV21, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Kendari TV, Ujyaalo 90 Network, Kafa, Radio Boom 93, Pancevac, Los Tiempos, PPMN, Green Wave Radio, Lesotho Times, Global Voices Online, Batumelebi, Kachkanarsky Chetverg, Akzia, Vijesti TV, NewsDay, VJ Movement, Ebart
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Track record
From 1996 to December 31, 2011, MDLF provided $113.3 million in affordable financing, including:
· $98.9 million in loans and equity investments;
· $13.9 million in technical assistance and other grants;
· Earned over $36.4 million in interest, dividends and capital gains;
· Collected more than $50.8 million in recovered principal invested;
· $0.5 million through Digital Kiosk, the secure payment service for independent media;
It has written off only 1.91% of the total loaned and invested.
MDLF has returned more than $16.8 million to investors. It ended December 2011 with a portfolio of $40.7 million in outstanding loans and investments.
