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Performance of microfinance institutions: do board activity and governance ratings matter?

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  • Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua

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This article aims to empirically verify the relationship among board activity, governance rating scores, and the financial performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). The study comprises a sample of 215 MFIs rated by Planet Rating between 2003 and 2009. The findings, obtained after controlling for endogeneity and selection biases, suggest that board activity and governance rating scores are associated with profitability. In addition, the study of the moderating effect of legal status reveals a significant difference of the effect of governance rating score and CEO/Chairman duality. In view of the results, it seems difficult to conclude definitively that the legal form of MFIs has a moderating effect on their financial performance. The existence of a moderating effect and thus validation of the thesis that shareholder-based MFI governance systems would be more effective than nonprofit MFIs depends on how governance is measured. The results are robust to other measures of financial performance and to the functional form of board activity.

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  • Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua, 2014. "Performance of microfinance institutions: do board activity and governance ratings matter?," Finance, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, vol. 35(3), pages 7-52.
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    1. Beatrice Sarpong‐Danquah & Michael Adusei & Joseph Magnus Frimpong, 2023. "Effect of board gender diversity on the financial performance of microfinance institutions: Does judicial efficiency matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(2), pages 495-518, June.
    2. Ghazala Tunio & Zhang Lei & Nizamuddin Channa & Noor Ahmed, 2020. "Performance of Microfinance Providers in Sindh, Pakistan: A Study of Formal and Informal Microfinance Institutes," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 16(1), pages 151-170.
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    4. Adalessossi, Kokou, 2024. "What are the determinants of the financial and social performance of MFIs in Togo? Does gender borrower matter on financial performance?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 62(PA).
    5. Fall, F.S. & Tchakoute Tchuigoua, H. & Vanhems, A. & Simar, L., 2021. "Gender effect on microfinance social efficiency: A robust nonparametric approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 295(2), pages 744-757.
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    7. Felix Kwabena Danso & Michael Adusei & Beatrice Sarpong-Danquah & Kwadwo Boateng Prempeh, 2024. "Board expertise diversity and firm performance in sub-Saharan Africa: do firm age and size matter?," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 10(1), pages 1-20, December.
    8. Christelle Simo & Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua & Christophe Faugere, 2022. "The Determinants of Micro Finance Institutions’ Decision to Receive a Social Rating: An Institutional and Resource-Dependence Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-18, September.
    9. Michael Adusei, 2022. "The liquidity risk–financial performance nexus: Evidence from hybrid financial institutions," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(1), pages 31-47, January.
    10. Léopold Djoutsa Wamba & Isidore Bimeme Bengono & Jean-Michel Sahut & Frédéric Teulon, 2018. "Governance and performance of MFIs: the Cameroon case," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 22(1), pages 7-30, March.
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    13. Tchakoute-Tchuigoua, Hubert & Soumaré, Issouf, 2019. "The effect of loan approval decentralization on microfinance institutions' outreach and loan portfolio quality," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 1-17.

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