to link over-indebtedness to microcredit addiction using desktop review and a focus group discussion with microfinance … practitioners from Ghana. We find that addiction to microcredit has both supply- and demand-side causes. Some of the supply … in the delivery of their core mandate regarding poverty reduction, clients' addiction to micro-credit will be reduced …

The preference of microfinance institutions for women borrowers is generally attributed to two reasons: women borrowers …

In the past, the microfinance industry focused mainly on growth and outreach. Addressing financial exclusion implied a … of their mind. In a second step the chapter reviews the existing empirical research on microfinance over-indebtedness and … examines how prevalent over-indebtedness is in microfinance markets today. It highlights the evidence for over-indebtedness in …

The microfinance industry has been celebrated both for its social impact on poverty alleviation and for its … profitability. With issues of over-indebtedness emerging among microfinance customers, both achievements are at risk. This paper … microfinance over-indebtedness erroneously oversimplify the reality of microfinance customers. The paper works with theoretical and …

on the influence of recent changes in the Bolivian microfinance market. In particular, we examine the effects of the …

Access to microfinance entails a risk of over-indebtedness. A naïve present-biased micro-borrower may roll over debt …

This paper uses a multi-dimensional perspective on social capital to investigate how a microfinance institution can … meetings and interactions between borrowers, group-based microfinance facilitates the development of relational trust and …