The paper uses the data on 1212 microfinance institutions in 106 developing countries to document the impact of gender diversity on boards and gender diversity among borrowers on nonperforming loans (NPLs) during the period 2010-2018. The results show that microfinance institutions with a higher...

Microcredit has expanded rapidly in recent years but its effect at the household level is still controversial. This paper uses a unique dataset collected from 69 villages in Bangladesh during the period 2006-2007 to estimates the effect of participation in microcredit programs on household...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to document the impact of participation in microfinance programs on domestic violence against women. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the survey data from 69 villages in Bangladesh and the instrumental variable approach to estimate the effect of...