Dear Colleagues
Happy to announce our latest research which I think is novel. We are the first to study “mission statements” of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and assess whether MFIs “walk the talk”. To our surprise only one fifth of MFIs mention in their mission statements that they focus on women. However, the results show a significant coherence between what MFIs say in their mission statements and what they do in practice, suggesting that “missions drift” is no serious concern in the microfinance industry. You can download and read the full paper here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352673418301574?dgcid=author
Best wishes,
Roy Mersland
Professor
School of Business and Law
University of Agder, Norway