Title:
The impact of microfinance
The impact of microfinance
Paper Type:
Research Papers
Research Papers
Date:
June 2011
June 2011
Summary:
OPM was commissioned by MicroNed, the network of Dutch Development Finance Organisations, to prepare and present a paper on the impact of microfinance to the annual MicroNed conference held at RaboBank, Utrecht, on 28 June 2011. The paper was a response to growing interest in the impact of microfinance on the lives of the poor. It examines the methodological approaches and rigour of the major impact studies influencing the current debate and draws conclusions on the impact of microfinance and what this means for both microfinance policy and for future impact studies.
OPM was commissioned by MicroNed, the network of Dutch Development Finance Organisations, to prepare and present a paper on the impact of microfinance to the annual MicroNed conference held at RaboBank, Utrecht, on 28 June 2011. The paper was a response to growing interest in the impact of microfinance on the lives of the poor. It examines the methodological approaches and rigour of the major impact studies influencing the current debate and draws conclusions on the impact of microfinance and what this means for both microfinance policy and for future impact studies.
