</titre> In ?progressive circles?, microfinance is often denounced as a neoliberal project against the poor?s interests … ?microfinance paradigm?. This study of the Nicaraguan crisis emphasizes the variegated nature of microfinance and exposes the …

</titre> Latin-American microfinance markets have been evolving in different ways for the last forty years. Some of … them have been established in the most strategic regions of the world in terms of microfinance environment and regulation … many others, bring up a number of questions: how has microfinance been regulated in Latin America? What differentiates the …

</titre> While microfinance has sometimes been excessively praised, it is now sometimes overly criticized, particularly … and Luc Boltanski. They then explain the different trends in Latin-American microfinance, they confront recent statistics …

</titre> This article aims to reflect the debates sparked by Latin America?s New Left?s criticisms of microfinance … divergent analyses and views. The challenge of the conference was to get researchers and people involved in microfinance to talk … analysing the financial inclusion strategies endorsed by these movements and aimed to determine microfinance prospects in this …

</titre> Studies on measuring the performance of microfinance institutions using non-parametric DEA approach have …

microfinance is not a panacea against poverty. However, analysing 154 impact, we show that this issue is far from being new and has …

poverty among beneficiaries. In contrast, some authors suggest that microfinance could lead them into situations of debt, and …

This paper tackles some major ethical issues in microfinance. It first studies the favorable ethical a-priori of … microfinance and then the emergence of ethical debates in this sector. It then analyses two specific ethical frameworks, the … freedom of action, to microfinance. …