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Social Performance Microfinance
After Hours Seminar #51: Leah Wardle, Social Performance Task Force
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Money With a Mission, Volume 2: Managing Social Performance of Microfinance $12.48 This volume provides a description of the experiences of twelve microfinance organizations in four global regions. It reveals how they developed systems to reach social goals, improve their services, and have an impact on poverty. It uniquely combines a sound academic foundation with practical experience…. |
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Mission Drift in Microfinance: The Influence of Institutional and Country Risk Indicators on the Trade-Off between the Financial and Social Performance of Microfinance Institutions $24.71 Investments in microfinance by institutional investors are growing. The investors benefit from a dual return investment opportunity by balancing financial and social returns. Yet, commercial microfinance institutions tend to focus on their financial performance. Reaching out to wealthier clients while crowding out poorer clients enhances their profitability – a phenomenon called mission drift. Pim… |
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Microfinance in India: A Performance Evaluation (Including a Case Study of Haryana) $33.75 In recent years, microfinance in India has emerged as the most suitable and practical alternative to conventional banking in reaching the poor population. Microfinance enables poor people to be thrifty and helps them in availing themselves of the credit and other financial services for improving their income and living standards. The Self-help Group (SHG) Bank Linkage Program was formally launched… |