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AuthorMohamed, Toka S.
AuthorElgammal, Mohammed M.
Available date2024-02-19T10:31:24Z
Publication Date2023-02-15
Publication NameApplied Economics
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2023.2177595
CitationMohamed, T. S., & Elgammal, M. M. (2023). Does the extent of branchless banking adoption enhance the social and financial performance of microfinance institutions?. Applied Economics, 1-18.
ISSN0003-6846
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URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/51978
AbstractWe examine the impact of the extent of branchless banking adoption on the social and financial performance of an international sample of microfinance institutions (MFIs). We find that increasing the number of branchless banking points of service in MFIs is associated with productivity enhancements and improved social outreach. However, this occurs at the expense of adverse credit risk and profitability outcomes. Our results are robust to alternative measures of social and financial performance and the use of multiple methodologies including generalized method of moments, two and three-stage least squares. By introducing a quadratic specification, we unveil a parabolic relationship between the extent of branchless banking adoption and MFIs’ credit risk and profitability, which indicates that positive profitability and risk outcomes can eventually be achieved in MFIs with extensive branchless banking networks. This presents an important contribution to explaining the variations in insight in extant literature. These findings are relevant to policy makers as they indicate that investments in branchless banking present promising outcomes by encouraging financial inclusion, enhancing productivity and efficiency, and improving long-term profitability and repayment rates among MFIs. However, the initial adversity to profitability and credit risk may be a sufficient deterrent from BB investments for financially-oriented MFIs.
SponsorOpen Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.
Languageen
PublisherTaylor & Francis
SubjectBranchless banking
financial inclusion
financial performance
microfinance
TitleDoes the extent of branchless banking adoption enhance the social and financial performance of microfinance institutions?
TypeArticle
Pagination1-18
Issue Number14
Volume Number56
ESSN1466-4283
dc.accessType Open Access


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