Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against … address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the quantitative literature of microfinance's impacts in the … the limited comparability of outcomes and the heterogeneity of microfinance-lending technologies, together with a …

This paper examines the combined effect of interest rates and poverty levels of microfinance clients on loan size … poverty level is suggested in targeting and sustaining microfinance clients. -- interest rate ; sensitivity ; loan ; poor … ; microfinance ; Ghana …

propensity score matching was employed to estimate the impact of microfinance unidimensional poverty indicators on approximately … matching methods. Likewise, MFIs have significant (at 10% level of significance) impact on households productive and fixed …This study examines whether microfinance is an effective poverty reduction intervention tool and the link between …

This study extends research on the social performance of microfinance institutions. The research methodology is based … Cambodian microfinance institution's loan portfolio. Dataset has been directly collected through in-house interviews. Main … at sustainable results. Here comes a call for a triple bottom line performance evaluation on microfinance institutions …

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 …