Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide a public good; if MFIs create and deepen markets where none existed before, there may be a case for public support. This book is based on a study of 45 MFIs, and applies factor analysis and cluster analysis to show that MFIs form clusters in terms of social and financial performance.
B. Balkenhol
cluster cluster analysis data envelopment Data Envelopment Analysis Eastern Europe efficiency finance inequality institutions mediation microfinance performance Poverty public policy sustainability