Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in South Asian Region
The purpose of the study is to examine the social accountability and argue comparison of outreach level of microfinance institutions in member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The inquiry has employed quantitative research approach to meticulous secondary data t...
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| author | Iftekhar Ahmed Abul Bashar Bhuiyan Yusnidah Ibrahim Jamaliah Said Mohammed Fuad Mohd Salleh |
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| description | The purpose of the study is to examine the social accountability and argue comparison of outreach level of microfinance institutions in member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The inquiry has employed quantitative research approach to meticulous secondary data that has quantify using financial ratio and multiple regression analysis. Our results expose that gross loan portfolio has significant positive relation with the number of clients served. Conversely, the average loan balance per borrower per GNI per capital and average outstanding balance have significant negative relation to the dependent variable. On the other hand, the yield on a gross loan portfolio, size of MFI and operational self-sufficiency has insignificant effect to the number of active borrowers. Eventually the study found no evidence of trade-off between profitability and outreach breadth. However, interest rate, board and ownership structure and outreach depth issue suggested for the further studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81d6e8b6dfed4da08c2add39b7c707af2023-02-15T16:18:10ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382016-05-01638248291032Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in South Asian RegionIftekhar AhmedAbul Bashar BhuiyanYusnidah IbrahimJamaliah SaidMohammed Fuad Mohd SallehThe purpose of the study is to examine the social accountability and argue comparison of outreach level of microfinance institutions in member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The inquiry has employed quantitative research approach to meticulous secondary data that has quantify using financial ratio and multiple regression analysis. Our results expose that gross loan portfolio has significant positive relation with the number of clients served. Conversely, the average loan balance per borrower per GNI per capital and average outstanding balance have significant negative relation to the dependent variable. On the other hand, the yield on a gross loan portfolio, size of MFI and operational self-sufficiency has insignificant effect to the number of active borrowers. Eventually the study found no evidence of trade-off between profitability and outreach breadth. However, interest rate, board and ownership structure and outreach depth issue suggested for the further studies.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/32012/353736?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturkmicrofinance accountability outreach mission drift south asia |
| spellingShingle | Iftekhar Ahmed Abul Bashar Bhuiyan Yusnidah Ibrahim Jamaliah Said Mohammed Fuad Mohd Salleh Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in South Asian Region International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues microfinance accountability outreach mission drift south asia |
| title | Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in
South Asian Region |
| title_full | Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in
South Asian Region |
| title_fullStr | Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in
South Asian Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in
South Asian Region |
| title_short | Social Accountability of Microfinance Institutions in
South Asian Region |
| title_sort | social accountability of microfinance institutions in south asian region |
| topic | microfinance accountability outreach mission drift south asia |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/32012/353736?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturk |
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