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Trade-off between financial sustainability and outreach of microfinance institutions

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  • Mira Nurmakhanova
  • Gavin Kretzschmar
  • Hassouna Fedhila

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Microfinance institutions (MFIs) offer banking services to poor customers who have no access to the traditional financial sector. However, recent developments in the microfinance industry have increased focus on financial sustainability of MFIs therefore shifting focus from their social mission (outreach). Previous studies examine the factors affecting both financial sustainability and outreach of MFIs in separate models without taking into account the possible link between them. On this basis we propose a comprehensive model which includes both ‘outreach’ and ‘financial sustainability’ as endogenous variables and allows for possible link between them. Our results show that focusing on financial sustainability does not necessarily hurt the depth and breadth of outreach. Copyright Eurasia Business and Economics Society 2015

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  • Mira Nurmakhanova & Gavin Kretzschmar & Hassouna Fedhila, 2015. "Trade-off between financial sustainability and outreach of microfinance institutions," Eurasian Economic Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 5(2), pages 231-250, December.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40822-015-0016-7
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    Keywords

    Microfinance; Outreach; Financial sustainability; G21; G28; C11; C34; C51;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
    • C34 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation

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