Microfinance Poverty Outreach and Performance Assessment
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Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Microfinance
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Microfinance
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Author : Carla Henry
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 14,46 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821356746
The Microfinance Poverty Assessment Tool method was developed to increase transparency in the outreach performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in order to more effectively assess their impact on the lives of poor people. It provides accurate data on the poverty levels of MFI clients relative to people living in the same community, using a more standardised and rigorous set of indicators than those used by conventional microfinance targeting tools, and allow comparative measurement of poverty outreach within and across countries. Although this method was designed for microfinance, it can also be used to measure the poverty levels of clients of other development programmes.
Author : B. Balkenhol
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2007-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0230300022
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide a public good; if MFIs create and deepen markets where none existed before, there may be a case for public support. This book is based on a study of 45 MFIs, and applies factor analysis and cluster analysis to show that MFIs form clusters in terms of social and financial performance.
Author : Robert J. Cull
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 20,68 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Bank loans
ISBN : 0601241630
Microfinance contracts have proven able to secure high rates of loan repayment in the face of limited liability and information asymmetries, but high repayment rates have not translated easily into profits for most microbanks. Profitability, though, is at the heart of the promise that microfinance can deliver poverty reduction while not relying on ongoing subsidy. The authors examine why this promise remains unmet for most institutions. Using a data set with unusually high quality financial information on 124 institutions in 49 countries, they explore the patterns of profitability, loan repayment, and cost reduction. The authors find that institutional design and orientation matter substantially. Lenders that do not use group-based methods to overcome incentive problems experience weaker portfolio quality and lower profit rates when interest rates are raised substantially. For these individual-based lenders, one key to achieving profitability is investing more heavily in staff costs-a finding consistent with the economics of information but contrary to the conventional wisdom that profitability is largely a function of minimizing cost.
Author : Meike Wollni
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783836466165
About one fifth of the world population lives in extreme poverty. Development programs often aim at reaching the most disadvantaged population groups, but insufficient targeting can jeopardize these efforts, effectively excluding the poorest. It is therefore essential to assess the poverty level of program participants in order to get an estimate about the program's contribution to poverty alleviation. This study evaluates the case of a Mexican microfinance institution. Before proceeding with the analysis, the author provides a framework for the evaluation of outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions. An indicator-based, multi-dimensional poverty index is used to assess the poverty level of households. At the regional level, a poverty mapping approach is followed to assign municipalities to different poverty groupings. Based on the different assessments, the MFI's outreach performance is compared to similar MFI's operating in other countries. The book is directed towards development practitioners, the donor community, as well as the academic audience interested in socio-economic development.
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Publisher : Consultative Group to Assist Poor
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 17,46 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780821356753
The Microfinance Poverty Assessment Tool was developed as a much-needed tool to increase transparency on the depth of outreach of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It is intended to help donors and investors integrate a poverty focus into their appraisals and funding of financial institutions through a more precise understanding of the clients served by these institutions. Used in conjunction with an institutional appraisal of financial sustainability, governance, management, staff and systems, a poverty assessment allows for a more holistic understanding of an MFI.
Author : Hege Gulli
Publisher : IDB
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781886938458
Author : James G. Copestake
Publisher : ITDG Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
"Money with a Mission Volume 1 presents the findings of a five-year action research programme into how far poverty-oriented microfinance institutions are contributing to global poverty reduction, and how they can do so more effectively. Based on collaboration with more than thirty microfinance institutions across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, the book is a seminal reference on social performance measurement and management in microfinance."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : R. Mersland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,64 MB
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 113739966X
Research on MFI performance is still in its infancy. MFIs are hybrid organizations with dual objectives. Performance studies in microfinance are therefore less straightforward compared to performance studies in traditional banking research. This book contains new MFI performance research by top scholars from across the globe.
Author : Miao Lei
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 19,47 MB
Release : 2004
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