Financial Inclusion, Deepening and Efficiency in Microfinance Programs: Evidence from Bangladesh
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F19%3A81450" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/19:81450 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/18:78909
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fs41287-018-0188-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fs41287-018-0188-6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41287-018-0188-6" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41287-018-0188-6</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Financial Inclusion, Deepening and Efficiency in Microfinance Programs: Evidence from Bangladesh
Original language description
The economic literature provides evidence that growth is associated with positive performance of the financial sector. This aspect is particularly important for developing countries. This study aims to investigate whether, in an environment of growing competition and regulation, the maintenance of their social mission may have led microfinance institutions (MFIs) to compromise their performance, in terms of efficient production of credit services. To this purpose, we use a two-stage approach to analyze the relationship between outreach and efficiency of MFIs in Bangladesh. In the first stage, a dynamic data envelopment analysis is exploited to measure the efficiency of MFIs from 2009 to 2014. The results show that most of the MFIs are operationally inefficient over the period, suggesting a considerable potential for future improvement. In the second stage, the study examines the potential trade-off between MFIs commitment to financial inclusion and depth of outreach on the one hand and efficiency on
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Development Research
ISSN
0957-8811
e-ISSN
1743-9728
Volume of the periodical
4
Issue of the periodical within the volume
31
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
809-835
UT code for WoS article
000482239800005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85058175055