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Mission drift in microcredit and microfinance institution incentives

Biancini, Sara; Ettinger, David; Venet, Baptiste - 2017 - This version: January 2017

We analyze the relationship between Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and external donors, with the aim of contributing … to the debate on "mission drift" in microfinance. We assume that both the donor and the MFI are pro-poor, possibly at …

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Financial inclusion : concepts, issues and policies for India

Singh, Nirvikar - 2017

finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions …

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When pro-poor microcredit institutions favor richer borrowers : a moral hazard story

Biancini, Sara; Ettinger, David; Venet, Baptiste - 2021

We suggest an explanation for the existence of "mission drift", the tendency for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to …

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Helping the poor help themselves : social enterprise and Ireland's peculiar microfinance revolution, c. 1836-1845

McLaughlin, Eoin; Pecchenino, Rowena A. - 2024 - Draft: August 2024

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 …

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Circular Economy and Default Risk

Zara, Claudio; Ramkumar, Shyaam - 2021

By decoupling economic growth from the exploitation of virgin raw materials and environmental degradation, as well as by developing practices more resilient to the economic cycle, Circular Economy (CE) offers effective hedging of linear risks and shields from that of stranded values. We tested...

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Linking financial performance and efficiency to sustainability in banking sector : a literature synthesis

Krisciukaityte, Karolina; Baležentis, Tomas; … - In: Journal of business economics and management 24 (2023) 3, pp. 506-526

Efficiency generally translates to better financial performance and profitability and, thus, is often taken into account when analyzing activity of the banking sector. The sustainability approach adds social and environmental effects to the economic ones. Even though there have been studies on...

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Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction in Ghana : a micro-level analysis

Danquah, Michael; Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Ohemeng, Williams; … - 2020

addition to rural and community banks and microfinance institutions. Using recent household survey data, we ascertain the …

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Contrat de crédit, décentralisation décisionnelle et performance des institutions de microfinance

Tchuigoua, Hubert Tchakoute - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 14 (2011) 2, pp. 143-173

’architecture organisationnelle et la performance des institutions de microfinance. L’économétrie des données de panel permet d’étudier un échantillon … de 114 institutions de microfinance sur la période 2001- 2006. Les résultats montrent que l … et significatif sur la rentabilité économique, mais permettent aux institutions de microfinance d’atteindre un nombre …

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The Impact of International Influence on Microbanks' Performance : A Global Survey

Mersland, Roy - 2011

Microbanks serve micro-enterprises and poor people with financial services. This study examines how various aspects of international influence affect microbanks' financial and social performance. Grounded in agency theory and resource-based theory, we argue that there are multiple ways that the...

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Boards in Microfinance Institutions : How Do Stakeholders Matter

Mori, Neema - 2014

Microbanks provide financial services to low income people. Governance of these organizations is important for them to efficiently reach poor people and survive financially. Board is one among several governance mechanisms. This paper empirically analyses the influence of stakeholders who sit on...

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