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Microfinance: Its Impact, Outreach, and Sustainability

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  • Hermes, Niels
  • Lensink, Robert

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Summary This symposium brings together recent empirical contributions with respect to a number of related and highly relevant issues on the economics of microfinance. In particular, the contributions provide answers to the following two main questions: (1) does microfinance have an impact on the social and economic situation of the poor in developing nations; and (2) are microfinance institutions sustainable in the long term and is there a trade-off between sustainability and outreach?

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  • Hermes, Niels & Lensink, Robert, 2011. "Microfinance: Its Impact, Outreach, and Sustainability," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(6), pages 875-881, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:39:y:2011:i:6:p:875-881
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