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Microfinance Financial and Social Performance: An Introduction

In: Microfinance Institutions

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  • Roy Mersland
  • R. Øystein Strøm

Abstract

Until a few years ago, most microfinance research was published in development journals and often focused on whether access to finance is beneficial for economically poor entrepreneurs and families (Mersland, 2009a). Over the last few years the scope of microfinance research has broadened. In particular, the ‘business’ of microfinance has become an important research area (Mersland, 2013a). The central question we seek to answer in this book is what influences the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). The book is thus about the business of MFIs.

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  • Roy Mersland & R. Øystein Strøm, 2014. "Microfinance Financial and Social Performance: An Introduction," Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance, in: Roy Mersland & R. Øystein Strøm (ed.), Microfinance Institutions, chapter 1, pages 1-11, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psifcp:978-1-137-39966-3_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137399663_1
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    1. Natálie Soldátková & Michal Černý, 2022. "Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: social efficiency, financial efficiency and institutional factors," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 30(2), pages 449-477, June.

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