Microfinance is seen as a key development tool, and despite the current deepening crisis
within the industry, it continues to grow in sub-Saharan Africa. We systematically reviewed …

Although the word finance is in the term microfinance, and the core elements of microfinance
are those of the finance discipline, microfinance has yet to break into the mainstream or …

Women's empowerment is an important goal in achieving sustainable development
worldwide. Offering access to microfinance services to women is one way to increase …

Background The concept of microcredit was first introduced in Bangladesh by Nobel Peace
Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. Professor Yunus started Grameen Bank (GB) more than 30 …

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on
entrepreneurship selection and performance in develo** economies looks at variations in …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are a special case in the financial world. They have a double
financial and social role and need to be efficient at both. In this paper, we try to measure the …

The paper explores the impact of financial exclusion on financial and human poverty
amongst women in Pakistan. The findings suggest that persistent financial exclusion, gender …

This research study investigates the impact of microfinance on entrepreneurial development
of small scale enterprises that are craving for growth and development in a stiffened …

Acknowledgements With thanks to our host institutions, the Universities of London and
Johannesburg, our funder, the UK Department for International Development and in …

The global poverty crisis and resulting human suffering, environmental degradation, civil
unrest and many other societal ills, are hastening the search for scaleable anti-poverty …