Purpose This paper aims to assess the effects of external governance mechanisms on the
performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Togo. Design/methodology/approach …

The main challenge of microfinance institutions and social economy firms remains their
survival, and to meet this challenge, MFIs need to be competitive. The poor performance of …

The declaration of 2005, the international year of microcredit, by the general assembly of the
United Nations and the award of a Nobel Peace Prize to Mohammad Yunus and the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of internal governance mechanisms
on the financial and social performance of Niger's decentralized financial systems (DFS) …

Microfinance pursues a dual objective: reduce poverty (social performance) and ensure
lasting profitability (financial performance). However, beyond these two performances …

Eyada Ayissi T.(2005), Mode de gouvernance et pérennité des Etablissements de
microfinance en Afrique Centrale, in Kala Kamdjoug JK, Dir., La microfinance, outil de …

L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser les effets de la performance sociale sur la performance
financière des coopératives d'épargne et de crédit au Togo. Pour atteindre cet objectif, les …

Microfinance has two goals: to alleviate poverty (social performance) and to ensure long-
term profitability (financial performance). In addition to these two aspects, microfinance …

The objective of this paper is to analyse the corporate governance practices in Senegalese
microfinance institutions (MFIs), in order to judge their effectiveness. The question is whether …

This work was designed to analyse the impact of internal credit risk management tools on
the performance of microfinance institutions in Cameroon. To achieve this objective, a binary …