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The determinants of mission drift in microfinance and threshold of outreach-financial sustainability of microfinance institutions
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2017
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Abstract
The microfinance industry can reach the poor in large scale and yet attain profitability. To maintain these two objectives which is known as double bottom line, microfinance institutions (MFIs) have to find the right balance between financial sustainability and social performance. However, there have been considerable debates on whether the goals of the double bottom line have been compromised. It is argued that to attain profitability, MFIs have allegedly shifted away from its mandate of serving the poorest borrowers in pursuit of financial sustainability. This phenomenon is described as "mission drift" ...
Keywords
Microfinance , Mission drift , Threshold , Microfinance institutions
Citation
Mobin, M. A. (2017). The determinants of mission drift in microfinance and threshold of outreach-financial sustainability of microfinance institutions (Doctoral dissertation). INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur. Retrieved from https://ikr.inceif.org/handle/INCEIF/2779
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INCEIF
Available in physical copy and downloadable format (Call Number: t HG 178.33 M687)