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 …

Microfinance has played a key role in including the poor in financial markets. This paper uses microfinance data to … development of microfinance markets. Our approach accounts for the dynamic and heterogeneous impacts that key drivers may have … causal relationships. Our key findings indicate that: i) Microfinance markets are more responsive to the needs of the bottom …

Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate … community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to microfinance funding. In this policy-oriented article we aggregate findings … from two studies in Indonesia that help explain why moneylending can still thrive when low-interest microfinance is widely …