Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Framing research on microfinance and financial inclusion -- 1. The challenges of social investment through the microfinance lens / Jonathan Morduch and Timothy Ogden -- 2. Microfinance and management theory / Brian Hathaway and Tyler Wry -- 3. Breaking away from...

This paper studies the relationship between a microfinance institution (MFI) and its credit officers when the latter discriminate against a group of the target population. Using survey data from Uganda, we provide evidence that credit officers are more biased against disabled borrowers than...

The success of microfinance rests upon product simplicity, standardization, and the capacity to stimulate client discipline. However, poor people desperately need flexible financial products to improve their day-to-day money management and cope with shocks. This paper discusses how microfinance...