This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali (Koloma, 2011). Its aim is to examine the determinants of the "gap" of poverty by gender. The regression model according to the approach of decomposition of Blinder-Oaxaca...

This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali (Koloma, 2011). Its aim is to examine the determinants of the "gap" of poverty by gender. The regression model according to the approach of decomposition of Blinder-Oaxaca...

Females benefit in the long term while males benefit in the short term. Only males benefit significantly in the rural areas. Our results indicate a negative, though non-significant, impact of microfinance on male beneficiaries in urban areas

The evaluation of the poverty of beneficiaries is a topic rarely raised as is the impact of microfinance. The different results across studies and contexts are based on methodologies and different technical analyses. Our study contributes to the debate from survey data collected in Mali in 2007...