The microfinance sector in Sri Lanka suffers from the core problem of poor quality of microfinance services offered … potential breadth of micro financial services which was an expanding focus for microfinance institutions. However, “Commercial … Microfinance,” where microfinance services are provided by commercial organizations that are part of the formal financial system …

Microfinance has passed a long way from micro-saving to micro-credit and this journey has created an unforgettable … history of developing not only the rural people but also the urban poor too especially women. Though the concept “Microfinance …

Microfinance is generally seen as a way to fix credit markets and unleash the productive capacities of poor people who … are dependent on self-employment. The microfinance sector has grown quickly since the 1990s, paving the way for other …, generating a backlash against microfinance. This paper reconsiders the claims about microfinance, highlighting the diversity in …

in household-level outcomes associated with microfinance loans given for different purposes, and identifying conditions … microfinance is applied as a tool for development …

around an aggressive foray into provision of Microfinance is more likely to fail, than to succeed. The Microfinance strategy … any supply-side or income multiplier effect from Microfinance, and there is not arrival at any beneficial transformation …, which does not reside in purview of Microfinance, there is not arrival at any meaningful economic development. The study …

In this paper, we would like to know whether microfinance has effects on poverty reduction, and if the degree of these … causality, the effects of microfinance are relatively and significantly higher for women compared to men beneficiaries …