This research aims to examine the mediating role of microfinance governance in the relationship between financial … literacy and microfinance sustainability. The research used the purposive sampling method to collect data from the Women … literacy plays an important role in the transformation of rural microfinance institutions (MFIs). Financial literacy works …

Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution in Madagascar, this paper investigates how the … provision of microfinance loans with (in)flexible repayment schedules affects loan delinquencies of agricultural borrowers …

The basic objective of the paper is to identify the effectiveness of group lending based microfinance programme … respective groups for agricultural purposes. Results reveal that there has been no significant impact of microfinance programme …

factors shaping the market entry of rural microfinance institutions across time and space. We provide empirical evidence for …

Lending to rural borrowers is a key element of pursuing the poverty alleviation mission of microfinance. However, a … strong focus on rural areas is said to hamper the sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs). We analyze this … potential trade-off based on data covering 802 microfinance institutions over the period 2008-2013. We find that increasing the …

This paper examines whether recently introduced village fundsʺ, one of the largest microfinance programs ever … ; microfinance ; credit constraint ; Thailand ; Asia …