Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 938-948

  Hermes, Niels ^a   Lensink, Robert ^a,b,c   Meesters, Aljar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microfinance; Outreach; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MICROFINANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POVERTY; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 79956146878     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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