This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives of Microfinance Institutions … atmosphere that will enhance the achievement of microfinance social objectives. -- microfinance ; dual objectives ; economic …

This paper uses a panel data set of microfinance institutions (MFI) across the world to compare several identification …, suggesting that producing outreach creates high transaction costs and requires exploitation of local knowledge. -- Microfinance …

This study examines the exposure of microfinance institutions to liquidity, interest rate and foreign exchange (FX … the largest microfinance institutions worldwide. The data suggests that microfinance institutions in the sample, on …

microfinance institutions. This paper extends Arnone, Bellavite Pellegrini and Messa (2010), which recognized the importance of …) analyses - using a sample of 750 microfinance institutions operating in Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Our study …

Microfinance promises to trim down poverty. To achieve this noble objective microfinance institutions (MFIs) have to …-significant negative effect on financial sustainability of MFIs. Third, we find that the client outreach of microfinance programs and the …

This paper uses a panel data set of microfinance institutions (MFI) across the world to compare several identification …

microfinance struggle to become financially self-sufficient and to achieve their social objectives of servicing with quality the … poorest clientele possible. The issue of corporate governance has therefore been of increasing interest for microfinance as it … constitutes governance in relation to microfinance; (ii) identify the reasons why it is of such high importance for the industry …