Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been successful in providing credit to millions of low-income borrowers in groups … examine microfinance interest rates and their determinants in order to understand how these rates might be lowered. Using high …

microfinance organization operating in Pakistan since 2001. Borrowers are encouraged to give any amount they wish to the …

analyses the impact of these interest rate caps on microfinance institutions. Introducing the taxonomy of soft, mezzo and hard … instrument to distinguish between the different service levels and industry environments in which microfinance institutions … of the informal credit sector, and furthering the microfinance institution's mission drift. In Pt. V. we also show that …

This paper uses a reduced form credit risk model to determine fair lending rates for micro-finance loans. A fair …