Erschienen in:ADB Institute Research Paper ; No. 15
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1 Online-Ressource (31 p)
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.1396122
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 2005 erstellt
Beschreibung:
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are often seen by aid practitioners as a manifestly effective means of improving the position of the poor. Despite this widely held view, detailed research studies have been much more guarded about the impact of MFIs. In particular, several studies have raised doubts about the effectiveness of MFIs in reaching the “core poor”. This paper surveys the evidence from Asia and Latin America and contrasts experiences in the two regions. Studies on the former have been carried out more “rigorously”, but in both regions the evidence that microfinance is reaching the core poor is very limited