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Practice What You Preach: Microfinance Business Models and Operational Efficiency

Bos, Jaap W.B.; Millone, Matteo - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 28-42

The microfinance sector has room for pure for-profit microfinance institutions (MFIs), non-profit organizations, and …

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A New Index of the Business Environment for Microfinance

Cull, Robert; Navajas, Sergio; Nishida, Ippei; Zeiler, … - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 357-388

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 sub …-components to microfinance outcomes. The main findings are that the components of the index related to the supporting institutional …

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Over-Indebtedness in Microfinance – An Empirical Analysis of Related Factors on the Borrower Level

Schicks, Jessica - In: World Development 54 (2014) C, pp. 301-324

This paper analyzes the over-indebtedness of microborrowers in Ghana from a customer protection perspective. It measures over-indebtedness as a subjective indicator based on loan-related sacrifices that borrowers report. It finds that male microborrowers are more likely to be over-indebted. So...

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The Impact of Governance and Institutional Quality on MFI Outreach and Financial Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Barry, Thierno Amadou; Tacneng, Ruth - In: World Development 58 (2014) C, pp. 1-20

, this study shows that NGOs are the best conduits of microfinance in SSA. …

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Is Micro too Small? Microcredit vs. SME Finance

Bauchet, Jonathan; Morduch, Jonathan - In: World Development 43 (2013) C, pp. 288-297

Microcredit and small and medium enterprise (SME) finance are often pitched as alternative strategies to create employment opportunities in low-income communities. So far, though, little is known about how employment patterns compare. We integrate evidence from three surveys to show that,...

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Empowerment Through Microfinance: The Relation Between Loan Cycle and Level of Empowerment

Weber, Olaf; Ahmad, Adnan - In: World Development 62 (2014) C, pp. 75-87

Does microfinance support the empowerment of female borrowers? Results of studies analyzing microfinance and … empowerment delivered mixed results. In order to explore whether microfinance influences empowerment, the paper compares women in … higher loan cycles of a Pakistani microfinance institution with those in the first loan cycle regarding their empowerment …

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The Vulnerability of Microfinance to Financial Turmoil – Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis

Wagner, Charlotte; Winkler, Adalbert - In: World Development 51 (2013) C, pp. 71-90

Has microfinance become crisis-prone like other sources of finance? This paper provides empirical evidence on credit … growth patterns of microfinance institutions in the early 2000s. Results suggest that microfinance has become vulnerable to …

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The Impact of Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

van Rooyen, C.; Stewart, R.; de Wet, T. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 11, pp. 2249-2262

Microfinance is seen as a key development tool, and despite the current deepening crisis within the industry, it …’s empowerment, housing, job creation, and social cohesion. The available evidence shows that microfinance does harm, as well as good …

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NGOs and the Political Empowerment of Poor People in Rural Bangladesh: Cultivating the Habits of Democracy?

Kabeer, Naila; Mahmud, Simeen; Isaza Castro, Jairo G. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 10, pp. 2044-2062

in the increasing homogenization of NGOs around the delivery of services, primarily microfinance services, and its shift …

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The Profit Orientation of Microfinance Institutions and Effective Interest Rates

Roberts, Peter W. - In: World Development 41 (2013) C, pp. 120-131

With the rise in the number of for-profit microfinance institutions (MFIs), commentators are asking whether the sector …

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