Social and financial performance of MFIs: complementary or compromise?

N Navin, P Sinha - Vilakshan-XIMB Journal of Management, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose With the ongoing transformation of the microfinance sector, questions have been
raised on the ability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) to perform financially well without …

Effect of deposit mobilization on the financial sustainability of rural saving and credit cooperatives: Evidence from Ethiopia

GJ Duguma, J Han - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Increasing institutional capital through deposit mobilization keeps the cost of capital low,
thus leading to financial sustainability. However, little is known about how deposit …

Reciprocity between financial and social performance in microfinance institutions

SS Lam, W Zhang, AX Ang… - Public Performance & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are hybrid organizations with the dual mission of financial
sustainability and social purpose. However, there is little empirical evidence on how the two …

Finance and the social mission: a quest for sustainability and inclusion

M Simatele, P Dlamini - Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to probe whether the quest for sustainability in
financial social enterprise institutions leads to mission drift. Both formal and informal …

[PDF][PDF] Social performance of Islamic microfinance institutions: examining the financial sustainability as driving factor

HE Puteri, M Arifin, H Arief - International Journal of Applied …, 2022 - ijabr.polban.ac.id
This study examines the impact of financial sustainability on the achievement of IMFIs
(Islamic Microfinance Institutions)'social performance. It is a quantitative study supported by …

Evaluating the sustainability of microfinance institutions considering macro-environmental factors: A cross-country study

W Xu, H Fu, H Liu - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Start-up microenterprise financing and financial performance of microfinance institutions

M Adusei, N Adeleye - Journal of Small Business & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article interrogates whether start-up microenterprise financing wields any benefits for
the financial performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It is done with data from 532 …

Profitability of microfinance institutions and borrowers: a systematic literature review

S Fonseca, AC Moreira, J Mota - Cuadernos de Gestión, 2024 - ojs.ehu.eus
Utilizando la base de datos SCOPUS, este documento lleva a cabo una revisión sistemática
de la literatura (RSL) para identificar los factores que impulsan la rentabilidad financiera …

Occupational choice and entrepreneurship: From necessity to opportunity

R Distefano - Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We present a simple agency model with a monopolist lender and an individual facing an
occupational choice between entering the labor market as a wage worker and starting a self …

The effect of institutional quality and financial development on the performance of microfinance institutions: evidence from selected African countries

FL Fisseha - Cogent Business & Management, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Microfinance institutions aim to enhance access to financial services for low-income clients
while maintaining financial sustainability, although the relationship between these …