Measuring the performance of providers of financial services to poor individuals and to micro and small enterprises is a relatively new phenomenon, and the paper discusses the reasons for this. It is argued that using traditional financial ratios to assess performance of microfinance...

In the microfinance discourse, sustainability can relate to organisational, managerial and financial aspects. However, what is in vogue in mainstream analysis is the financial sustainability of MFIs throughout the world, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America. What has attracted...

This paper addresses the issue of financial inclusion in Thailand through the lens of an institutional analysis, which takes into consideration the desired outcomes, the service providers and enabling agencies, and the regulatory context that shape the existing provision of financial inclusion...