This study investigates the role of microfinance in developing countries like Pakistan especially to reduce poverty … people living in the rural areas of Pakistan to mitigate poverty. For overall poverty reduction, provision of microfinance is …. The impact of microfinance on poverty reduction is analyzed taking into consideration three core dimensions of poverty …

This paper is concerned with the recent history of microfinance, both for itself and as a case study of the evolution … applauded the successes of microfinance in expanding financial market opportunities; and a political economy critique that … India, before turning to the potential for a more inductive and plural account. A more plural history of microfinance …