estimating the relationship between loan sizes and credit risk in the microfinance industry. The sample used for our analysis … incorporates over 2000 annual observations, and 632 microfinance institutions drawn from 37 countries of the sub-Saharan African … related to loan sizes among microfinance institutions operating in SSA. Our findings have significant implications for the …

We provide evidence on the growth patterns of microfinance clients. Our analysis is motivated by the debate on the … impact of microfinance on client income and growth. Based on loan-level data from close to 40,000 clients in Sub … our results provide econometric support for the largely anecdotal evidence presented by microfinance practitioners that …

In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the presence and growth of greenfield microfinance institutions in … Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses regressions to benchmark those African greenfields relative to other microfinance … comparable to the top microfinance institutions, and substantially increased their lending to women. The effects were especially …

The microfinance industry is progressing towards becoming a core of financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …). Despite the recent growth of microfinance in the SSA, the industry is seemingly characterised by high lending rates. Those … high rates have become a hotly debated topic amongst microfinance stakeholders. It is against this background that this …

In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the presence and growth of greenfield microfinance institutions in … Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses regressions to benchmark those African greenfields relative to other microfinance … comparable to the top microfinance institutions, and substantially increased their lending to women. The effects were especially …