External governance outcome and microfinance success

A. Uhde, O. Müller, International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 6 (2013) 116–149.

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Uhde, AndréLibreCat ; Müller, Oliver
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The impact of external governance quality on the economic and social success of microfinance institutions
Abstract
Employing a Hausman–Taylor instrument variable (HT–IV) estimator to data from 558 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 80 developing countries for the period from 2002 to 2007, this paper provides empirical evidence for a positive impact of a country's external governance quality and outcome on local microbanks' economic success in terms of profitability and sustainability. Evidence as well suggests a negative relationship between external governance and the microbanks' social success measured by the depth of outreach. In this context, our analysis reveals that a country's political stability, governance effectiveness, regulatory quality and rule of law are significant key elements of external governance affecting the MFIs' functional performance. Moreover, results from sensitivity analyses indicate that the relationship between external governance quality and microfinance functional performance significantly depends on the microbanks' business concepts, their lending methodologies and sources of funding.
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International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance
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6
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2/3
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116-149
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Uhde A, Müller O. External governance outcome and microfinance success. International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance . 2013;6(2/3):116-149. doi:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2013.056394
Uhde, A., & Müller, O. (2013). External governance outcome and microfinance success. International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance , 6(2/3), 116–149. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2013.056394
@article{Uhde_Müller_2013, title={External governance outcome and microfinance success}, volume={6}, DOI={https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2013.056394}, number={2/3}, journal={ International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance }, author={Uhde, André and Müller, Oliver}, year={2013}, pages={116–149} }
Uhde, André, and Oliver Müller. “External Governance Outcome and Microfinance Success.” International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 6, no. 2/3 (2013): 116–49. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2013.056394.
A. Uhde and O. Müller, “External governance outcome and microfinance success,” International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance , vol. 6, no. 2/3, pp. 116–149, 2013, doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2013.056394.
Uhde, André, and Oliver Müller. “External Governance Outcome and Microfinance Success.” International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance , vol. 6, no. 2/3, 2013, pp. 116–49, doi:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2013.056394.

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