This paper aims at gaining deeper understanding of the possible effects of combined microfinance (CMF) on social and …

microfinance (CMF)- can both leverage and challenge policy outcomes. This paper reviews two complementary questions in this regard …

Using data from 319 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 68 developing countries, we study the degree to which …

microfinance institutions. We provide empirical evidence on the distribution of the generated surplus between the key stakeholders …

This paper draws a global picture of worldwide microfinance equity. Taking full advantage of daily quoted prices of … microfinance stocks from their issuance, we construct microfinance country equity indices and an international global microfinance … national indices. Our findings show that microfinance has been closely correlated with the financial sector since 2003. In …

In the past, the microfinance industry focused mainly on growth and outreach. Addressing financial exclusion implied a … of their mind. In a second step the chapter reviews the existing empirical research on microfinance over-indebtedness and … examines how prevalent over-indebtedness is in microfinance markets today. It highlights the evidence for over-indebtedness in …

Product innovation in microfinance is aimed at responding to the variety of poor clients’ needs, i.e. to develop and … microfinance institutions worldwide. This review shows that service providers are introducing various types of flexibility into …

Environmental performance is becoming an increasing concern for all businesses. The microfinance sector is no exception …. Today, a growing number of microfinance institutions are developing environmental management programs, and microfinance … so. This article proposes a new tool to measure the environmental performance of microfinance institutions: the …

Microfinance institutions serve a majority of female borrowers. But do men and women benefit from same credit … database including 34,000 loan applications from a Brazilian microfinance institution over an eleven-year period. The model … considers a lender that offers standardized loan contracts with a fixed interest rate, which is common practice in microfinance …