This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … microfinance program could involve a reduction in the poverty gap between men and women beneficiaries. …

This paper provides a brief but comprehensive overview of microfinance academic literature with emphasis on recent … innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization … reviewed literature underline the great improvement in the microfinance field that, however, has not reached its full potential …

This paper attempts to assess whether participation in a microfinance program helps households generate personal … savings, as distinct from savings through compulsory contributions to the program. We consider a microfinance program … participating in the microfinance program and a “control group” of non-participating households of similar characteristics. Using …

This paper not only addresses how linkages, direct and facilitating linkages, can benefit microfinance institutions …, could increase the desired effects, efficiency and impact of microfinance in selected jurisdictions. In so doing, it …