Mersland, Roy; Øystein Strøm, R. - In: New perspectives in international business research, (pp. 207-227). 2008
Microfinance – the provision of financial services to the poor – is high on the public agenda. We discuss and evaluate three myths regarding microfinance based on new data from rated microfinance institutions (MFIs). The first myth is that an efficient MFI needs to be shareholder owned; second...