Purpose This study investigates both internal and external stakeholders' views on the objectives measures of performance Indonesian Islamic microfinance banks (IMFBs). Design/methodology/approach uses a qualitative approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with wide range stakeholders IMFBs in Indonesia. The primary interviewed comprised board directors located several provinces Indonesia, i...

Microfinance programs are recognized as a way of improving incomes and creating employment for large numbers of low-income families, but there are concerns that working conditions within these informal microenterprises are far from ideal. For example, when families receive loans to expand a microenterprise, children may make up the labor shortfall until the family can afford to hire adult worke...

This paper attempts to quantify the ill-effects of covariate shocks such as natural disasters on the sustainability of microfinance. The vulnerability of microfinance to covariate shocks is wellknown theoretically and in anecdotes, but very few quantitative evidence exists. For our attempt, we use a unique dataset of about 3,000 micro-borrower households covering over a period of 1994-2006 incl...