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Future Business Journal, 2023 This article aims to present current research trends in microfinance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs), as microfinance plays an increasingly role in entrepreneurship development and poverty alleviation.
Francis Lwesya +1 more
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Social efficiency in microfinance institutions [PDF]
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2009 AbstractMicrofinance institutions (MFIs) are a special case in the financial world. They have a double financial and social role and need to be efficient at both.
CARLOS Serrano-Cinca +2 more
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Borsa Istanbul Review, 2023 The paper uses the data on 1212 microfinance institutions in 106 developing countries to document the impact of gender diversity on boards and gender diversity among borrowers on nonperforming loans (NPLs) during the period 2010–2018.
Khondker Aktaruzzaman, Omar Farooq
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Governance and scope economies in microfinance institutions [PDF]
International Journal of Corporate Governance, 2013 This paper studies the relation between board size and composition and cost savings (scope economies) from combining savings mobilization and lending by Microfinance Institutions. The findings support the hypothesis that employee representation on the board is associated with positive scope economies, possibly due to internal knowledge.
Christopher Parmeter +2 more
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Impact of capital structure on performance of microfinance institutions
Business Review, 2022 Microfinance institutions play a crucial role in poverty alleviation and provide financial services to low-income households. Microfinance growth rate is quite high in Asia but an undesirable development has been achieved due to high borrowing cost ...
Rukhsana Bibi +2 more
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Evaluation the Microfinance industry performance in the Arab region in light of international indicators [PDF]
مجلة الاجتهاد للدراسات القانونية والاقتصادية, 2022 This paper aims to evaluate the Microfinance industry performance in the Arab region in light of international indicators. It focuses on studying some important indicators related to the performance and structure of microfinance institutions in the Arab ...
عمران عبد الحكيم
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Heliyon, 2022 Microfinance institutions are challenged by changes in competition, which impact them in various ways. Competition among microfinance institutions is unique because service to the poor, rather than profit alone, is their primary goal. Scientific research
Chaerani Nisa +2 more
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Unsubsidized microfinance institutions [PDF]
Economics Letters, 2013 This paper starts from the observation that 23% of the world’s microfinance institutions (MFIs) manage without subsidies. We examine how unsubsidized institutions cope with their social mission. Overall, the lack of subsidies worsens social performances.
D'Espallier, Bert +2 more
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MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS ACTIVITIES AND MICROENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA [PDF]
Business Excellence and Management, 2022 The development of micro scale business in a developing economy cannot be overstated due to the economic contribution and nature of the business. One of the challenges of micro businesses identified by scholars in developing economy like Nigeria is ...
Olajide Idowu OKUNBANJO +2 more
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Loan Appraisal Protocol for Effective Microfinance Portfolio in Tanzania
International Journal of Public Finance, 2020 This paper attempts to determine the effects of loan application appraisal on microfinance institutions' portfolio performance in Tanzania. The study utilizes a random sampling method and ordinary least square regression model on 219 microfinance ...
Danstun B. Ngonyani
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