Microfinance social performance: a global empirical study

MARR, Ana ^[1] ; AWAWORYI, Sefa ^[1]
1. [1] University of Greenwich
  
  University of Greenwich
  
  Reino Unido
Localización: Applied econometrics and international development, ISSN 1578-4487, Vol. 12, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 52-68
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Over the years, microfinance has been purported to have experienced enormous progress and is seen to contribute towards poverty reduction by extending finance to people previously excluded from formal financial markets. However, the question on how microfinance social performance is assessed remains unresolved. The paper develops an original social performance rating for 878 microfinance institutions (MFIs), across all geographic regions in the world for a period of 11 years (2000-2010). Furthermore, the paper investigates whether or not the age, assets, regulation status, loans per loan officers, as well as the profit status of MFIs affect MFIs’ ability to perform socially.