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Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are becoming more efficient. This brief sheds light on how the age of individual MFIs and the age of the industry affect efficiency improvements. On an MFI level the authors look into scale economies, cost structure...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kneiding, Christoph, Mas, Ignacio
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO LOANS
AMOUNT OF MONEY
ASSESSMENT PROCESS
BORROWER
CONSULTING SERVICES
CUSTOMER BASE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
FIRST LOANS
HIGH INTEREST RATES
INSURANCE
LEARNING
LEARNING CURVE
LOAN
LOAN PORTFOLIO
LOAN SIZE
LOAN SIZES
MFI
MFIS
MICROBANKING
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MONEY TRANSFERS
MONEYLENDERS
OPERATING COSTS
POOR CLIENTS
PRODUCTIVITY
SAVINGS
SAVINGS SERVICES
SMALL LOANS
TERMS OF LOANS
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/10404754/efficiency-drivers-mfis-role-age
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9499
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Summary:Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are becoming more efficient. This brief sheds light on how the age of individual MFIs and the age of the industry affect efficiency improvements. On an MFI level the authors look into scale economies, cost structure, and process durations as potential efficiency drivers. On an industry level the authors look into knowledge spillovers from one MFI to the other and market wide learning effects.

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