the formation of microfinance institutions in Ireland. The focus of this study is the expansion of a hybrid organisational … understand Irish microfinance in the early nineteenth century, a period of profound socio-economic and socio-religious change. It … seeks to explain the factors that motivated the establishment and de-establishment of microfinance institutions amidst this …

. Perhaps no one would argue against the notion that microfinance can be a very useful apparatus in human, social, economic …, political and national development. Microfinance has been established to fill the gap of a missing credit market for the poor … elimination throughout the world. In this study, we investigate the impact of microfinance on poverty alleviation for the economy …

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 …

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