The choice of Microfinance (MF) by the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as the primary means of poverty alleviation …. Instead, the attempt to rely on randomized controlled trials is serving to distract. Microfinance ; Grameen bank ; poverty … to take a fresh look and start from first principles to clear the air. Microfinance is micro finance---it is finance writ …

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 …