Dhungana, Bharat Ram; Chapagain, Ramkrishna; Ashta, Arvind - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-24
Microfinance is the provision of financial services to disadvantaged people and the financially excluded, often with a social mission of poverty alleviation and women empowerment. There are many different forms of microfinance institutions (MFIs): for-profit, not-for-profit and state-owned, all...