Sustainability and Outreach: A Comparative Study of MFIs in South Asia and Latin America & the Caribbean

Sefa Awaworyi Churchill and Ana Marr

No 13-14, Monash Economics Working Papers from Monash University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Previous studies indicate that microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have different operational strategies to MFIs in South Asia (SA). Given the recent emphasis placed on the feasibility of MFIs to achieve the dual goals of outreach and sustainability concurrently, we examine and compare the relationship between sustainability and outreach of MFIs in LAC with MFIs in SA. Our results indicate that trade-offs exist between outreach and sustainability in both regions. However, the severity of trade-off is dependent on which goal MFIs decide to focus on in each region.

Keywords: Microfinance; Sustainability; Outreach; Financial Performance; South Asia; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2014-04
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