The Microfinance Investment Horizon: Navigating between Social Mission and Profit Making

Hilda Eitzen

Chapter 4 in Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance, 2014, pp 89-116 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionAfter the Global Financial Crisis: mFIs and Microfinance Investment Vehicles (mIVs) Initially Offer Safe HavenMicrofinance Crisis: Regional Collapse in India's Andhra Pradesh Creates Further Market UncertaintyOverheated Microfinance Roads: Slowdown AheadWorking With Market Disruptions: Accion's Frontier Investments GroupMicroVest and Access Africa: For-profit Returns in New Markets?From Direct Investment to Fund-of-Funds Model: MicroVest, Sarona, and Private EquityConclusionsReferences

Keywords: Microfinance; Microfinancial Institutions; Social Capital; Economic Development; Bottom-of-the-Pyramid; Entrepreneurship; Oversupply; Globalization; Minsky Hypothesis; Financial Bubbles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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