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Stakeholder Influence and Board Role Performance in Microfinance Organizations : A Theory-Based Approach

Mori, Neema - 2014

Microfinance organizations provide financial services to low income individuals. In this paper I argue that good … stakeholders who sit on boards of microfinance organizations. The paper first identifies six types of microfinance stakeholders who …, boards and governance of microfinance organizations are identified and encouraged …

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Governance and Double Bottom Line Performance of Microfinance Institutions : Evidence from Bangladesh

Delwar Hussain, Mohammad; Ahmed, Iftekhar - 2021

This study examines the impact of governance on the double bottom line performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs …

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Board gender diversity and financial stability : evidence from microfinance institutions

Dang, Thuy T.; Trang Nt Ho; Duc Nguyen Nguyen - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-21

implications of BGD on risk in microfinance institutions (MFI). This study aims to fill this gap. Using a data sample retrieved … is robust when using alternative measures of financial stability and BGD, and alternative estimation techniques. In …

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Institutional Investor Activism: Does the Portfolio Management Skill Matter?

alves, Carlos F.; Mendes, Victor - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2005

Institutional investors are often seen as potential solutions for corporate governance problems and are requested to have a more active role in the monitoring and control of listed companies. In this paper we develop a model that, within a universal banking framework, allows one to conclude...

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Microfinance vs. traditional banking in developing countries

Visconti, Robert Moro - In: International journal of financial innovation in … 1 (2016) 1/2, pp. 43-61

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In search for yield? : Survey-based evidence on bank risk taking

Buch, Claudia M.; Eickmeier, Sandra; Prieto, Esteban - 2011

There is growing consensus that the conduct of monetary policy can have an impact on stability through the risk-taking incentives of banks. Falling interest rates might induce a “search for yield” and generate incentives to invest into risky activities. This paper provides evidence on the...

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In Search for yield? : new survey-based evidence on bank risk taking

Buch, Claudia M.; Eickmeier, Sandra; Prieto, Esteban - 2011

There is growing consensus that the conduct of monetary policy can have an impact on financial and economic stability through the risk-taking incentives of banks. Falling interest rates might induce a "search for yield" and generate incentives to invest into risky activities. This paper provides...

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A quantile regression analysis of micro-lending’s poverty impact

Polk, Stephen W.; Johnson, Daniel K. N. - 2012

population, with the aim of improving that impact. We analyze over 18,000 women micro-finance clients of the Negros Women for … change in poverty score. -- micro-finance ; Grameen ; poverty ; quantile regression …

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Group lending or individual lending? : evidence from a randomised field experiment in Mongolia

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph de; … - 2014

Although microfinance institutions across the world are moving from group lending towards individual lending, this …

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The impact of micro-credit on employment : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan

Kahn, Azhar; Rahman, Twyeafur; Wright, Robert E. - 2016

This paper examines the impact of micro-credit on employment. Household-level data was collected, following a quasi-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non-borrowers. Pipeline borrowers are included to...

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