Resilience of Microfinance Institutions to National Macroeconomic Events: An Econometric Analysis of MFI Asset Quality

What is the impact of systemic economic shocks on the performance of an MFI?

This discussion paper, authored by MIX research analyst Adrian Gonzalez, is the first comprehensive study of its kind to examine the resiliency of microfinance insitutions to national macroeconomic events. The sample size of 639 microfinance institutions in 88 countries represents 36 million borrowers and a loan portfolio of $13.7 billion US dollars. As the microfinance industry continues to boom, regulators, investors, borrowers and other actors are interested in the impact systemic economic shocks may have on the performance of an MFI.

About this Publication

By Gonzalez, A.

Published

July 2007

Designing Credit Products to Support Women’s Economic Activity: Synthesis of Recent Literature

This evidence synthesis examines a range of studies published to examine the impact of financial innovations that have addressed barriers women face in accessing and using credit for productive purposes.

By Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

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Beyond “The Poor”: Using Empowering Narratives to Advance the Impacts of Aid

Three reasons why the development community should lead the shift away from using language that emphasizes people’s deficits, and model how we can do better.

By Catherine Thomas , Shloka Kumar, University of Michigan

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Carping Critics and the Microfinance Conundrum

Based on its recent impact assessment study of Cambodian microfinance, M-CRIL has written two advisory notes which examine the validity of some of the sensational international headlines and propose reform measures for the sector.

By M-CRIL