The role of microfinance institutions in poverty reduction and wellbeing improvement has
attracted the policymakers' attention in the developing countries across the globe as well as …

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is a strategy of the organization that increasingly changes
the outcome of their performances. This study intended to examine the economic outcome of …

The study tests the assertion that greater lending to microfinance female clients leads to an
improvement in repayment rate. The study uses unbalanced panel data framework of 752 …

Sustainability of microfinance institutions has been at the centre of many studies in the
microfinance industry because it provides a promising direction for improved access to …

The subject of this study is the microcredit market in the USA, more specifically in Florida.
The justification for choosing this specific state is the massive presence of the Hispanic …

Microcredit programs in Portugal represent a unique case for studying the microcredit
repayment determinants in a developed country, as it experienced a financial hardship in …

Purpose Providing loans, particularly to small-scale farmers, is one of the roles of formal
financial institutions. Lending to small farmers is risky. An institution's health is closely …

The main objective of this study is to assess the factors that determines loan repayment
performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Gwarzo LGA of Kano state-Nigeria …

Microfinance was introduced in Malaysia to provide financing services to the poor and Small
Medium Enterprises (SME) to start up business. The borrower may use the facility to finance …

Using international data, we find that Islamic MFIs experience reduced credit risk by offering
more groups loans, serving more women, and serving more borrowers in rural locations …