Essays about: "financial performance of microfinance institutions"

Found 5 essays containing the words financial performance of microfinance institutions.

1. 1. On the performance of microfinance investment funds - A quantitative study of the financial performance of 83 funds from 1998 to 2015

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Madeleine Brandt; Caroline Nacksten; [2015]
   Keywords : Microfinance investment vehicles; Microfinance investment funds; CAPM; Mutual fund performance; Socially responsible investments;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the financial performance of microfinance investment funds (MFIFs), which are social impact investments investing in microfinance institutions (MFIs). Given that microfinance customers live in developing regions and pursue entrepreneurial businesses, the returns of MFIFs are supposedly uncorrelated with developed markets, and therefore marketed as providing investors with a diversification benefit. READ MORE

3. 2. The Impact of Informal Institutions on Microfinance Performance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Olle Berggren; [2012]
   Keywords : microfinance; new institutional economics; informal institutions; trust; culture; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In recent years, microfinance has evolved as an alternative method of providing credit to poor borrowers in developing countries. Despite high expectations and appraisals, the performance of microfinance institutions has been found to differ significantly between different countries. READ MORE

4. 3. The Practice of project management in new product development : A study of Microfinance Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Monica Ampomah; [2011]
   Keywords : Microfinance institutions; new product development; project management; Sub-Saharan Africa.;

   Abstract : Microfinance is the provision of credit/loans to poor individuals for the purpose of income generation. The Sub-Saharan African region which is among the poorest areas in the world is thought to be one of the regions where the microfinance industry is dynamic and growing in terms of acceptance and patronage. READ MORE

5. 4. Establishment of Capital Markets in Least Developed Countries (LDCs):The case of Ethiopia

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

   Author : Amare Walle; [2008]
   Keywords : Capital Markets; Least Developed Countries LDCs ; Sub-Saharan Africa SSA Economic Growth; Institutions; Households’ Savings;

   Abstract : Despite a surge of global investor interest in the 1980s and 1990s, Africa has been bypassed by the massive international capital flowing to developing economies. Most of the economies in the region didn’t efficiently mobilize their domestic financial resources either. READ MORE

6. 5. Repayment performance in Microfinance: a theoretical analysis

   University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Viktor Berglind; Arizo Karimi; [2008]
   Keywords : microfinance; group lending; social programs; repayment schedules; dynamic incentives; information asymmetry;

   Abstract : Offering financial services to the unprivileged is a complex task and past attempts have been rather unsuccessful. One commendable effort that has sprung from the failures of commercial banks is microfinance and thanks to innovative ideas microfinance institutions have managed to cope with many of the challenges previously experienced by the formal bank sector in the 1970’s through the 90’s. READ MORE