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The Underside of Microfinance: Performance Indicators and Informal Debt in Cambodia
Development and Change, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 780-803, July 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Microfinance is a dominant strategy used to promote rural development around the world. Rather than directly track its impact on borrowers, however, microfinance institutions rely on indicators of financial performance adopted from commercial banking as proxies for positive social impact.
W. Nathan Green +3 more
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Excessive focus on risk? Non‐performing loans and efficiency of microfinance institutions
International Journal of Finance &Economics, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 1290-1307, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Microfinance is a banking market in which operating costs are high, while non‐performing loans (NPLs) rates are low. While the existing literature tends to explain that the high operating costs arise from the provision of small loans, we argue that excessive efforts to control loan losses can also be a contributing factor.
Stephen Zamore +2 more
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The impact of microfinance on poverty reduction in Vietnam: A dynamic panel‐data analysis
Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 405-422, December 2022., 2022 Abstract The current study uses the Generalised Method of Moments to examine the dynamic relationship between access to microfinance and poverty reduction. The panel‐data set is constructed from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys during 2002–2008.
Hoai A. Duong, Hong S. Nghiem
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 93, Issue 4, Page 977-999, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Taking advantage of the passage of a microfinance law in Italy (2014), we explore the rationales for introducing microfinance‐specific regulation in high‐income welfare states and the potential effects that this process may have on MFIs’ social and financial performances (i.e. double bottom line).
Enrico Bellazzecca, Olga Biosca
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Are microfinance institutions' financial performance gender driven? Evidence from Argentina
Business Strategy &Development, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 197-208, September 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper studies the determinants of financial performance (return on assets, ROA) of 18 Argentine Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) from 2002 to 2018. We apply the random forest algorithm to predict the ROA of the Argentine MFIs, introducing two social variables to capture the depth of the outreach such as the female ratio and the average ...
Sara Díaz‐Martín +2 more
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Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction in Ghana: A micro‐level analysis
Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 316-334, December 2021., 2021 Abstract The financial sector in rural areas, where most of the poor people in sub‐Saharan Africa are found, has transformed massively in recent times, notably through the increased penetration of several types of rural financial intermediaries in addition to rural and community banks and microfinance institutions.
Michael Danquah +4 more
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Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2016 El fenómeno de la pobreza como problema público invita a reflexionar cada vez más sobre la responsabilidad que tiene el Estado frente a la ciudadanía.
Louis Valentin Mballa
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Microfinanzas: evolución histórica de sus instituciones y de su impacto en el desarrollo
Revista de Estudios Cooperativos, 2014 Este trabajo analiza desde una perspectiva histórica la evolución de las microfinanzas (con especial referencia a los microcréditos) a lo largo de su historia, centrándose especialmente en la evolución de sus instituciones y en su influencia en el ...
Mª Luisa Garayalde Niño +2 more
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MICROFINANZAS, O FUTURO PASA POLA BANCA COMERCIAL
Revista Galega de Economía, 2015 As microfinanzas, dende os seus inicios na segunda metade do século XX, percorreron un longo camiño para chegar a converterse no sistema financeiro dos máis necesitados, dos pobres, tanto nos países máis pobres como nas nacións prósperas.
José Manuel SASTRE CENTENO +1 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page 1-205, 2014., 2014 The main objective of this Campbell systematic review was to provide a systematic review of the evidence on the effects of microcredit on women's control over household spending in developing countries. More specifically, we aimed to answer two related research questions: 1) what does the impact evaluative evidence say about the causal relationship ...
Jos Vaessen +10 more
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