In the era of competitiveness, clients or borrowers remain an important asset for financial institutions, as they are ultimate source revenue. Although departure from one microfinance institution (MFI) to another is a common phenomenon, manner in which organizational characteristics affect turnover largely unknown context industry. Hence, by utilizing recent (2010–18) data on 235 MFIs global in...

The microfinance sectors of Argentina and Cambodia differ greatly, but can therefore offer insight into the effects of varying levels of regulation within the industry. By comparing data from the two markets and conducting interviews with organizations and individuals, this paper provides a case study, which can be interpreted as an example for other regional markets with similar structures. Wi...

Class of 2005 Public Policy Microfinance has been a force of growing importance over the past few decades as a tool for grass-roots economic development. Each stage of development presents new challenges to expansion, and it is important for microfinance researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to fully understand these challenges when deciding where to allocate resources and efforts. Both ...

considering the expansion of global poverty and its resulting concerns, the objectives of the millennium development goals (mdgs) may not be achieved unless a solution is found for this widespread phenomenon. therefore finding a solution for poverty reduction and improving the welfare of the vulnerable group has become a universal objective. this paper discusses the poor performance of formal f...

Microfinance has become a popular part of poverty reduction agendas since its inception roughly 30 years ago. Despite dramatic growth, however, many microfinance institutions face low penetration rates. It turns out many potential borrowers choose not to participate. Current explanations for this phenomenon largely focus on skill, arguing that high skill entrepreneurs generate expected returns ...

Volume XXVIII January-February 2016 A Study of Factors Driving Indian Youth's Intention to Purchase Online Shruti Jain is a Ph. D in the stream of Applied Business Economics with 14 years of work experience in industry and academia. She has worked as Director, Economic Affairs Division, ASSOHAM and as Consultant, International division, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Her papers have be...

This paper uses variation in policies and institutional characteristics to evaluate the impacts of village-level microfinance institutions in rural Thailand. To identify impacts, we use policies related to the successful/unsuccessful provision of services as exogenous variation in effective financial intermediation. We find that institutions, particularly those with good policies, can promote a...

The present study titled “Role of Microfinance Institutions in Women Empowerment” was conducted in Punjab state of India with the objective to study the role played by microfinance institutions in empowering women. The study was conducted with the scientific approach i.e deductive approach & inductive approach and the study found that the availability of basic services to the members was consid...