Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions

Niels Hermes (), Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters
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Aljar Meesters: Groningen University

No 8002, Research Report from University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)

Abstract: This paper uses stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to examine whether there is a trade-off between outreach to the poor and efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Using a sample of more than 1,300 observations, our study suggests that outreach and efficiency of MFIs are indeed negatively correlated.

Date: 2008
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