performance of female clients of mega microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in a polarized Latin America and the Caribbean …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of microfinance loans on poverty reduction amongst women … sub sample of ten women entrepreneurs who secured microfinance loans for their new or established enterprises. Findings … entrepreneurs. An optimal, poverty reduction, microfinance size has been identified. A range of entrepreneurial characteristics were …

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the ethical dilemmas that emerge when offering microfinance services in BOP … relativism, the paper builds on prior research on ethical issues in BOP markets and the ethics of microfinance to highlight the … very specific application to an emerging concern in the field of microfinance. It also offers prescriptive scenarios for …

Purpose – The paper's aim is to thoroughly examine solutions to mission diffusion and mission drift in the microfinance … industry. Design/methodology/approach – Extensive field experience relating to individual microfinance institutions and … industry trends provide the grounding for a review of the trade and academic literatures in microfinance and social enterprise …

outreach (e.g. breadth of outreach) of microfinance institutions (MFIs), also known as the financial inclusion agenda of the …

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 …

potential operationalizations is referred to as the design space. As an empirical example, we review 45 microfinance RCTs to …

potential operationalizations is referred to as the design space. As an empirical example, we review 45 microfinance RCTs to …

The present study assesses the relevance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the effect of financial access on …