Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate … community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to microfinance funding. In this policy-oriented article we aggregate findings … from two studies in Indonesia that help explain why moneylending can still thrive when low-interest microfinance is widely …

This paper uses cross-country and panel data set to test the significance of microfinance on income inequality … microfinance in reducing inequality at the macro level. Moreover, our results suggest that microfinance loans can lead to improve … recommendations to policymakers, as they could generate suitable strategies to consider microfinance institutions as a more popular …

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 …

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of several governance mechanisms on microfinance institutions' (MFI) performance …

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 …

metrics, `impacts' of Microfinance programs around the world are more directly comparable … around an aggressive foray into provision of Microfinance is more likely to fail, than to succeed. The Microfinance strategy … any supply-side or income multiplier effect from Microfinance, and there is not arrival at any beneficial transformation …

In this paper, we would like to know whether microfinance has effects on poverty reduction, and if the degree of these … causality, the effects of microfinance are relatively and significantly higher for women compared to men beneficiaries …

Microfinance has played a key role in including the poor in financial markets. This paper uses microfinance data to … development of microfinance markets. Our approach accounts for the dynamic and heterogeneous impacts that key drivers may have … causal relationships. Our key findings indicate that: i) Microfinance markets are more responsive to the needs of the bottom …