of microfinance. A binomial descriptive content analysis investigates the incidence of this so-called ‘green microfinance …' in a sample of forty microfinance institutions (MFIs) whose lending criteria were publicly available. We conclude that … although there might be several rationales to support the proliferation of green microfinance very few MFIs are embedding such …

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 membership on a household's ability to cope with seasonal famine known as Monga. We develop an estimation strategy … repayment by excluding the ultra-poor. Evidence shows that microfinance membership improves food security during Monga …

This report presents ACCION's analysis and findings regarding the poverty profiles of microfinance clients at Mibanco …

This study examines whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) that serve women borrowers at the base of the economic …

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 …

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 …