Performance and governance in microfinance institutions

By Roy Mersland, R. O. Strøm. 2009

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management Information Systems

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Audit Quality and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Microfinance Industry (2012, unknown): “This explanation is in accordance with prior research that suggests that weak and random governanc mechanisms generally exist in the microfinance industry (Mersland and Strøm, 2009).”
Which Governance Mechanisms Promote Efficiency in Reaching Poor Clients? Evidence from Rated Microfinance Institutions (2012, unknown): “…previous studies have estimated the impact of MFI governance mechanisms separately along either social or financial dimensions (Hartarska, 2005; Mersland and Strøm, 2009), this paper takes simultaneously into account both objectives of MFIs in evaluating the effectiveness of various governance…”
Financial Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Ethiopia (2012, background): “Various studies have used the number of borrowers as a measure of microfinance breadth of outreach (Ganka, 2010; Mersland and Strom, 2009; Harmes et al., 2008).”
Female leadership, performance, and governance in microfinance institutions. (2014, background): “Mersland and Strøm (2009) argue that because a female CEO is better able to tap into the local, often female information network, female leaders may design product and procedures that better meet the female users’ needs.”
Scale economies and input price elasticities in microfinance institutions (2013, unknown): “These indexes range in value from 1 to 7, with larger values indicating more competition from other MFIs and banks and a more supportive regulatory environment (Mersland and Strøm, 2009).”
The institutional context of poverty: State fragility as a predictor of cross‐national variation in commercial microfinance lending (2014, background): “Global development agencies soon realized that microfinance could not only help the poor, but also earn attractive returns (CGAP, 2006; Mersland and Strøm, 2009; INAFI, 2006).”
Do microfinance institutions accomplish their mission? Evidence from the relationship between traditional financial sector development and microfinance institutions’ outreach and performance (2013, methodology): “Furthermore, by taking into account more than 1000 institutions, our dataset is larger than studies as Cull et al. (2007, 2009) and Hermes et al. (2009) who also use MIX data and those that use rated MFIs, such as Mersland and Strøm (2008, 2009, 2010) and Gutiérriez-Nieto et al. (2007).”
Islamic Banking Sustainability: A Review of Literature and Directions for Future Research (2016, background): “Mersland and Strøm (2009) asserted that board of internal auditor is not a predictor of the firm’s performance.”
Focus on Women in Microfinance Institutions (2013, methodology): “However, rating data are considered to be among the most representative available for the microfinance industry and compared with data from the Mixmarket (www.themix.org) a large firm bias is avoided (Mersland and Strøm, 2009).”