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Performance of Microfinance Institutions-A Macroeconomic and Institutional Perspective [PDF]

open access: possible, 2011
Under the continued effects of global financial crisis where the donor's investment in microfinance sectors has become shrunk, how the macroeconomic factors or the crisis or the macro-institutional factors would affect the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) have become one of the key debates among the policy makers and practitioners.
Katsushi Imai   +4 more
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Une institution de microfinance éthique ?

Mondes en développement, 2011
Marek HUDON Cette contribution questionne la microfinance par une étude de quelques dimensions éthiques majeures. Nous étudions d’abord l’a priori éthique favorable de la microfinance et ensuite l’émergence de la question éthique dans ce secteur.
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Financial Development and the Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
Microfinance is an instrument for achieving responsible finance as its aim is to contribute to the financial inclusion of poor households and small businesses. We investigate whether the country-level financial environment in which microfinance institutions (MFIs) work affects their operations.
Hermes, Niels   +2 more
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Regulated microfinance institutions

2009
“There will be no poor people, no beggars, no homeless people.” That is Muhammad Yunus’ wish list for 2050. Having this target in mind, Muhammad Yunus began 30 years ago to develop one of the most important innovations in the world of finances: the concept of microcredits. Dr.
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Microfinance Institutions in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: possible, 2008
The advocation of micro – financing was triggered by the poor performance of the conventional finance sector. The essence was to reach the overwhelming population of the poor to assist in the drive to alleviate poverty. Barely a million had been provided with some credit in Nigeria while a yawning 40 million poor people are yet to be attended to.
Mejeha, Remy O., Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi N.
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Performance of microfinance institutions

2016
Microfinance is regarded as a financial development tool used in fighting poverty by providing the poor with financial services such as microloans, savings, insurance and money transfers thereby gradually lifting them out of poverty. Improving the performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) makes them more capable of better serving more poor people,
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Governance and Microfinance Institutions

The contributors – top international scholars from finance, law and business – explore the role of governance, both internal and external, in explaining risk-taking and other aspects of the behavior of financial institutions. Additionally, they discuss market and policy features affecting objectives and quality of governance.
Rients Galema   +2 more
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Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Review*

2021
Christopher F. Parmeter   +1 more
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ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND THE SUCCESS OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2006
This study looks at the relationship between the success of microfinance institutions and the degree of economic freedom in their host countries. Many microfinance institutions are currently not self-sustaining, and both theoretical and empirical work suggests that the economic environment in which they operate is an important factor in their ability ...
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Female participation and financial performance of microfinance institutions: Evidence from transition economies

Development Policy Review, 2022
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina   +2 more
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