Microfinance tradeoffs : regulation, competition, and financing (English)

This paper describes important trade-offs that microfinance practitioners, donors, and regulators navigate. Drawing evidence from large, global surveys of microfinance institutions, the authors find a basic tension between meeting social goals and maximizing financial performance. For example, non-profit microfinance institutions make far smaller loans on average and serve more women as a fraction of customers than do commercialized microfinance banks...

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Cull,Robert J.;

Demirguc-Kunt,Asli;

Morduch,Jonathan J.;
Document Date
2009/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5086
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Microfinance tradeoffs : regulation, competition, and financing
Keywords
microfinance institution

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Cull,Robert J.; Demirguc-Kunt,Asli; Morduch,Jonathan J..

Microfinance tradeoffs : regulation, competition, and financing (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5086 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/846571468339264494

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