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Do women borrowers augment financial performance of MFIs?

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  • Shahnaz Abdullah
  • Shakil Quayes

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There is some consensus that depth of outreach and financial performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFI) are positively correlated. A majority of microcredit borrowers are women and since the prevalence of female borrowers is even greater among the very poor, there should be a positive correlation between female borrowers and financial performance. Most of the MFIs target women as preferred borrowers. However, no study to date has investigated the relationship between targeting women and MFI’s sustainability with respect to profitability and yield. Utilizing a panel of 892 MFIs over a period of 10 years, this study shows that increased proportion of women borrowers has a statistically significant positive impact on yield and financial performance of MFIs. Consequently, this article also analyses the implication as to whether female borrowers have better repayment rate than male borrowers.

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  • Shahnaz Abdullah & Shakil Quayes, 2016. "Do women borrowers augment financial performance of MFIs?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(57), pages 5593-5604, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:48:y:2016:i:57:p:5593-5604
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1181831
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