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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okr-10986-94992021-04-23T14:02:45Z Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age Kneiding, Christoph Mas, Ignacio 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 WEB SITE 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. 2012-08-13T08:46:33Z 2012-08-13T08:46:33Z 2009-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/10404754/efficiency-drivers-mfis-role-age http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9499 English CGAP brief CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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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 WEB SITE |
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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 WEB SITE Kneiding, Christoph Mas, Ignacio Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age |
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CGAP brief |
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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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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Kneiding, Christoph Mas, Ignacio |
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Kneiding, Christoph Mas, Ignacio |
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Kneiding, Christoph |
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Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age |
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Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age |
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Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age |
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Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age |
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Efficiency Drivers of MFIs : The Role of Age |
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efficiency drivers of mfis : the role of age |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/10404754/efficiency-drivers-mfis-role-age http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9499 |
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