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Does product diversification and emphasis on profitability in microfinancing alleviate poverty?
- Source: Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1, Feb 2017, p. 21 - 56
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- 07 Feb 2017
Abstract
Microfinancing institutions (MFIs) are likely to change their management policies and focus more on profitability and product diversification as they mature and expand in size because of a number of reasons, including among them, donor pressure and/or lack of funding to expand. The present study empirically tests whether such changes occur in MFIs over time and how these changes affect their performance with regard to alleviating poverty.
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