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On Mission Drift in Microfinance Institutions [PDF]
, 2011 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
Armendariz, Beatriz, Szafarz, Ariane
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The Effect of Credit Collection Policy on Portfolio at Risk of Microfinance Institutions in Tanzania
Studies in Business and Economics, 2019 This paper presents the results of the study on the effect of credit collection policy on portfolio at risk of microfinance institutions in Tanzania.
Danstun Ngonyani, Harun Mapesa
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Determinants of Financial Sustainability in Microfinance Institutions: A Panel Data Study [PDF]
Financial Markets, Institutions and RisksMicrofinance institutions have been used as a catalyst tool for increasing the welfare of poor people and fostering economic growth in many regions globally, including Nepal, since the decade of the 70s.
Gyan Mani Adhikari +3 more
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Determinants of margin in microfinance institutions [PDF]
Applied Economics, 2015 ABSTRACTMicrofinance institutions (MFIs) lend to the poor. However, microfinance clients suffer from high interest rates, a type of poverty penalty. This article analyses the margin determinants in MFIs. A banking model has been adapted to microfinance. This model has been tested using 9-year panel data. Some factors explaining bank margin also explain
Cuéllar Fernández, Beatriz +3 more
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The scenario of microfinance in Latin America against the international financial crisis
Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2010 Latin America has very good conditions for microfinance; the macroeconomic growth which Latin America had shown in the recent years created favourable conditions for the microfinance institutions' favorable conditions and its development.
Gutierrez Ramirez Enver DALAN +1 more
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Islamic Microfinance and Women Entrepreneurial Success: Mediating Role of Human Capital
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 2022 Purpose: This paper examines Islamic microfinance impeding sustainable women’s entrepreneurial performance in South Punjab, Pakistan. Further, we examine whether human capital mediates the relationship between variables Design/Methodology/Approach ...
Muhammad Zahir Faridi +2 more
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Green Microfinance: Characteristics of Microfinance Institutions Involved in Environmental Management [PDF]
Journal of Business Ethics, 2013 In recent years, development practice has seen that microfinance institutions (MFIs) are starting to consider their environmental bottom line in addition to their financial and social objectives. Yet, little is known about the characteristics of institutions involved in environmental management.
Allet, Marion, Hudon, Marek
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Governance and Microfinance Institutions
, 2012 This chapter reviews the microfinance performance and governance literature and provides an agenda for future research. In reviewing the microfinance governance literature two issues stand out: First, most papers concentrate on the relation between corporate governance and financial and social performance.The chapter provides an overview of this ...
Galema, Rients +2 more
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Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 This paper uses stochastic frontier analysis to examine whether there is a trade-off between outreach to the poor and efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs). We find convincing evidence that outreach is negatively related to efficiency of MFIs.
Hermes, N., Lensink, B.W., Meesters, A.
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Journal of Financial Risk Management, 2021 Abstract Background: Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) have been used as a tool for poverty alleviation in many developing economies globally, including Malawi. However, their sustainability in many countries has been dependent solely on loan repayment, donor aid, and subsidies.
Helex Kayembe +6 more
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