We investigate the drivers of credit union penetration with data from 90 countries for the
period 2005–2017. Generally, the results show that the number of credit unions, the level of …

Much of the microfinance rhetoric revolves around fighting female poverty, which is often the
result of discriminatory gender norms. Also, the microfinance industry has always been …

This special issue is based on a selection of papers initially presented at the conference on
'Public Services and Charities: Accounting, Accountability and Governance at a Time of …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have evolved in different and complex ways to solve various
market frictions, with some of them providing a wide range of financial products and using …

Purpose Despite being a Muslim-dominated country, Bangladesh has widely embraced
traditional microfinance since its inception in the mid-1970s. However, Islamic microfinance …

Previous studies analyzing firms' incentives to choose international accounting standards
show that firms with strong contracting incentives will be more likely to comply with …

El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar los factores que influyen en el crecimiento de las
cajas municipales del Perú. Existe escasa literatura referida a los factores que influyen en el …

Purpose Uncontrollable brain drain (employees' turnover) has been found to hamper
humanitarian and sustainable objectives of socially oriented organizations. Hence, this …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have attracted great attention, due to their significant role in
poverty reduction. Given the features of MFIs, this paper proposes a novel hybrid model of …

The Micro Financial Institutions (MFIs) have been touted as development strategies for
Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) which merits research into the …