Compatibility between Outreach and Efficiency in the Microfinance Market
(2012) NEKN02 20121Department of Economics
- Abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether there existed a trade-off between outreach to the poor and efficiency of MFIs between year 2000 and 2010. The study is conducted on a sample of 1679 observations from countries worldwide and is analyzed through Stochastic Frontier Analysis. The results from this study suggest that there was indeed a negative correlation between outreach to the poor and efficiency of MFIs, as have been found in previous studies. Although, this study also suggests that a high percentage of women borrowers not necessarily have to be positively correlated with a higher level of inefficiency, which is a new finding.
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- author
- Nilsholm, Nathalie LU and Heidmann, Sandra LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKN02 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Microfinance, MFIs, Outreach, Efficiency, Stochastic Frontier Analysis
- language
- English
- id
- 2740285
- date added to LUP
- 2012-06-08 14:31:51
- date last changed
- 2012-06-08 14:31:51
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