Regulation allows microfinance institutions to evolve more fully into banks, particularly for institutions aiming to … take deposits. But there are potential trade-offs. Complying with regulation and supervision can be costly. The authors … draw on a new database that combines high-quality financial data on 245 of the world s largest microfinance institutions …

commercialization, rigor of regulation, and the extent of competition. Meaningful interventions in microfinance will require making …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 …

Regulating Microfinance Institutions," WPS 2061, February 1999) presented a regulatory framework that identifies thresholds in … financial intermediation activities that trigger a requirement for a microfinance institution to satisfy external or mandatory … guidelines-a tiered approach to regulation and prudential supervision. The model focuses on risk-taking activities of …

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 …

This paper describes a new index of the quality of the business environment for microfinance institutions (the Global … Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment). Regressions are used to validate the index by linking it and its … subcomponents to microfinance outcomes. The main findings are that the components of the index related to the supporting …