In the decade before the Great Famine, Ireland experienced a boom in microfinance institutions (MFIs). Taking a social … turbulent period in Irish history. Many contemporary writers saw microfinance as a legal means that could lessen the burden on … between MFIs, an Irish solution, and the poor law, a British solution, to Ireland's chronic poverty. The goal of the Irish …

We examine the relations between the financial and outreach efficiency of Cambodian microfinance institutions (MFIs …

Microfinance has passed a long way from micro-saving to micro-credit and this journey has created an unforgettable … history of developing not only the rural people but also the urban poor too especially women. Though the concept “Microfinance …. Therefore in order to overcome the challenging issues like poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, lack of formal credit support …

The evaluation of the poverty of beneficiaries is a topic rarely raised as is the impact of microfinance. The different … debate from survey data collected in Mali in 2007 regarding the beneficiaries of microfinance services. The paper adopts the … methodology of identifying the poor based on the micro-multidimensional measure of poverty developed by Chakravarty, Mukherjee and …

areas. Our results indicate a negative, though non-significant, impact of microfinance on male beneficiaries in urban areas …

We analyze the relationship between Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and external donors, with the aim of contributing … to the debate on "mission drift" in microfinance. We assume that both the donor and the MFI are pro-poor, possibly at …

the formation of microfinance institutions in Ireland. The focus of this study is the expansion of a hybrid organisational … understand Irish microfinance in the early nineteenth century, a period of profound socio-economic and socio-religious change. It … seeks to explain the factors that motivated the establishment and de-establishment of microfinance institutions amidst this …

We suggest an explanation for the existence of "mission drift", the tendency for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to …

addition to rural and community banks and microfinance institutions. Using recent household survey data, we ascertain the … poverty reduction, in Ghana. By accounting for the potential endogeneity of access to financial services, we show that rural … hunger or extreme poverty, the poor must be allowed to obtain meaningful access to financial services through the design of …