Microfinance: Its Impact, Outreach, and Sustainability

Niels Hermes; Robert Lensink

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.10.021

Microfinance: Its Impact, Outreach, and Sustainability

Niels Hermes^*, Robert Lensink

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Abstract

This symposium brings together recent empirical contributions with respect to a number of related and highly relevant issues on the economics of microfinance. In particular, the contributions provide answers to the following two main questions: (1) does microfinance have an impact on the social and economic situation of the poor in developing nations: and (2) are microfinance institutions sustainable in the long term and is there a trade-off between sustainability and outreach? (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	875-881
Number of pages	7
Journal	World Development
Volume	39
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.10.021
Publication status	Published - Jun-2011

Keywords

microfinance
impact
outreach
sustainability
NORTHEAST THAILAND
CREDIT PROGRAMS
PANEL-DATA
BANGLADESH
INSTITUTIONS
EFFICIENCY
BENEFITS
POVERTY
GENDER

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