Aspects of Outreach: A Framework for the Discussion of the Social Benefits of Microfinance

By Mark Schreiner. 2002

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Do Powerful CEOs Determine Microfinance Performance (2012, background): “It should be noted that (stable) financial returns are very important for microfinance NGOs, because financial returns offer a key ‘social’ indicator of whether the MFI will be able to continue to service its customers over time (Schreiner, 2002).”
Female leadership, performance, and governance in microfinance institutions. (2014, unknown): “These are often used measures of poverty outreach in themicrofinance literature (Schreiner, 2002).”
Social and financial efficiency of Islamic microfinance institutions:a Data Envelopment Analysis application (2015, background): “Schreiner (2002) concluded that the depth of outreach and financial sustainability are like conflicting objectives thus a trade-off exists: outreach is only attained by sacrificing financial sustainability or by relying more on donations or subsidies.”
Performance and governance in microfinance institutions (2009, background): “Yermack (1996) and Eisenberg et al. (1998) report that larger boards are associated with lower firm performance, measured as Tobin’s Q or ROA.”
Depth of outreach and financial sustainability of microfinance institutions (2012, background): “Schreiner (2002) describes as depth of outreach and financial sustainability as two desirable but polar opposite targets since depth of outreach implies increased service to the poor, while emphasis on financial sustainability may force MFIs to either cut back on the disbursement of smaller loans…”
Commercializing Microfinance and Deepening Outreach? Empirical Evidence from Latin America (2005, background): “He later adds that “the drive for profits for the organization tends to improve all aspects of outreach, except perhaps depth” (Schreiner, 2002).”
Outreach and performance of microfinance institutions: a panel analysis (2015, background): “Schreiner (2002) argues how enhanced breadth, length and scope of outreach can compensate for reduced depth of outreach.”
Performance and trade-offs in microfinance organisations--does ownership matter? (2008, background): “Regarding differences in costs, the Schreiner (2002) framework does not provide prediction.”
Efficiency of microfinance institutions in Sri Lanka: a two-stage double bootstrap DEA approach (2015, background): “See Schreiner (2002) for more information on differ-”
The cost of ownership in microfinance organizations (2007, unknown): “…sustainability approach, where the first measures success by how well it fulfills the short-term needs of the poorest while the second proposes a long-term “win-win” logic between poverty outreach and organizational sustainability (Woller et al., 1999, Morduch, 2000, Schreiner, 2002, Rhyne, 1998).”