Since income is the return on wealth, the total wealth of any given country should be on the order of 20 times its … implication is that the System of National Accounts wealth accounts are incomplete, with the most obvious omission being human …-income) countries yields a mean share of human capital in total wealth of 62 percent -- four times the value of produced capital and 15 …

Regulation allows microfinance institutions to evolve more fully into banks, particularly for institutions aiming to … draw on a new database that combines high-quality financial data on 245 of the world s largest microfinance institutions … profitability. The pattern is consistent with the notion that profit-oriented microfinance institutions absorb the cost of …

This paper describes important trade-offs that microfinance practitioners, donors, and regulators navigate. Drawing … evidence from large, global surveys of microfinance institutions, the authors find a basic tension between meeting social goals … and maximizing financial performance. For example, non-profit microfinance institutions make far smaller loans on average …

Microfinance institutions have proved the possibility of providing reliable banking services to poor customers. Their … second aim is to do so in a commercially-viable way. This paper analyzes the tensions and opportunities of microfinance as it … embraces the market, drawing on a data set that includes 346 of the world's leading microfinance institutions and covers nearly …

Microfinance contracts have proven able to secure high rates of loan repayment in the face of limited liability and …, though, is at the heart of the promise that microfinance can deliver poverty reduction while not relying on ongoing subsidy …