Governance in Rural Community Development Financial Institutions

Valentina M. Hartarska

No 132755, 2005 Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition, October 3-4, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota from Regional Research Committee NC-1014: Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition

Abstract: CDFI serve an important social function because by providing access to financial services to underserved low-income individuals and families. Understanding what governance mechanisms promote efficient use of scarce resources that these organizations possess matters because only sustainable institutions have the potential to revitalize low-income communities and change low-income individuals’ lives in the long-term. The focus of this paper is on evaluating the impact of board size and composition on the performance of CDFIs. The results show that CDFIs board size has non uniforms impact of various measures of performance, while diverse boards may not be best able to guarantee that CDFIs will achieve their stated objectives.

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.132755

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