Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors that determine rural households’ access to finance provided by Islamic microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach: A two-year panel data set with logistic regression is used to identify the...

Purpose: This study investigates the welfare impact of microfinance on rural households in Indonesia. Its finding will bridge the gap in the Indonesian microfinance literature. Design/methodology/approach: The research was conducted by collecting primary data and administering a structured...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of microfinance programs on the income and food expenditure of farm and nonfarm households in Thailand. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs secondary data from the Thai Socioeconomic Survey (cross-sectional data from 2017...