quality of financial access. They are taking possibilities well beyond early models centered on providing microcredit for …

The preference of microfinance institutions for women borrowers is generally attributed to two reasons: women borrowers … are more trustworthy and have greater social impact. However, the role of social trust with regard to this gender … women more in low trust countries, suggesting that women are targeted to offset low social trust. We also examine how the …

Little work has been done in the conjunction of Microfinance and Religion. This paper explores the findings of the …

Using data from 319 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 68 developing countries, we study the degree to which …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) work towards financial inclusion, livelihood sustainability through micro …

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 discusses the so-called commercial approach to microfinance under economic and ethical aspects. It first … shows how microfinance has developed from a purely welfare-oriented activity to a commercially relevant line of banking … microfinance in the course of the last decade. As the author argues, this commercial approach is the only sound approach to adopt …