.Given the weak primary market and virtually nonexistent secondary market, the corporate bond market in Vietnam reflects our …

This study explores the social entrepreneurial potential of the rule-breaking practices of microfinance programs …

illiquid and liquid savings accounts—is higher in commercial banks than in microfinance institutions. One possible …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are alternative financial providers offering financial services to people typically … developing microfinance sector in Europe; however, very little literature exists on this MFI segment. In this paper, we analyze …

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) provide loans to low income individuals. The credit scoring systems of MFIs, if they … credit officers’ experience and addresses incomplete and intangible information. The model has been tested in a microfinance …

. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) usually justify the high interest rates on grounds of the high risk involved in microcredit, the …

This study uses a unique, hand-collected sample of microfinance institutions from 73 developing countries to analyze …

This paper is the first to draw a global picture of worldwide microfinance equity by taking full advantage of daily … quoted prices. We revisit previous findings showing that investors should consider microfinance as a self-standing sector …. Our results are threefold. First, microfinance has become less risky and more closely correlated with the financial sector …

microfinance institutions. We provide empirical evidence on the distribution of the generated surplus between the key stakeholders …