In the microfinance industry the idea of “empowerment” is often valued as a means to encourage female emancipation from …

Microfinance industry has grown massively in the past decades. Even if it is commonly considered as an … importantdevelopment tool, the evidence of the socio-economic impact of microfinance is mixed, regardless of what methodology hasbeen … applied. The purpose of this study is to assess the socio-economic impact of microfinance on the clients of amicrofinance …

This paper shines light on subsidy-dependent microfinance institutions (MFIs). Firstly, our model shows that subsidy …

This paper starts from the observation that 23% of the world’s microfinance institutions (MFIs) manage without …

This paper sheds light on a poorly understood phenomenon in microfinance which is often referred to as a “mission drift …”: A tendency reviewed by numerous microfinance institutions to extend larger average loan sizes in the process of scaling …–oriented microfinance institutions could potentially deviate from their mission by extending larger loan sizes neither because of …

only on formal borrowing as a source of women’s empowerment. This study examines whether type of borrowing matters to women …’s empowerment – their bargaining power in household decisions. We separately consider women’s role in routine and strategic …

This article studies the role of norms and values in the microfinance sector. Microfinance projects implemented in … India use a wide range of different organizational structures. A classification of the sector is proposed, mapping the …-centralized). Some Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) base their interactions on rigid norms or rules; while others are based on values. We …

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 …