Who Benefits? The Interactional Determinants of Microfinance’s Varied Effects

Erin Beck, Michael Aguilera and James Schintz

Journal of Development Studies, 2018, vol. 54, issue 2, 235-255

Abstract: Since its emergence as a development tool, scholars and practitioners have questioned microfinance’s short- and long-term impacts but have had insufficient empirical evidence to assess them. To address this gap, this paper draws on mixed method research to assess the effects of microfinance loan and educational services over time. It explores why, even within the same microfinance institution (MFI), some borrowers benefit from microfinance services more than others in the short-term, and examines how this translates into long-term impacts. The article identifies understudied sources of intra-group variation: the diversity and choices of borrowers and MFI employees interacting with each other and their broader contexts.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1296570

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