La relevancia de las microfinanzas está dada por la demanda a la que atienden, principalmente las personas que se dedican a la actividad microempresarial. En la mayoría de países en desarrollo el sector microfinanciero está presente en segmentos de la población que se dedican a las actividades de micro y pequeña empresa (informales y formales), en algunos casos dedicándose a tales actividades como una manera de subsistencia afrontando así el desempleo y las condiciones de pobreza.

La relevancia de las microfinanzas está dada por la demanda a la que atienden, principalmente las personas que se dedican a la actividad microempresarial. En la mayoría de países en desarrollo el sector microfinanciero está presente en segmentos de la población que se dedican a las actividades de micro y pequeña empresa (informales y formales), en algunos casos dedicándose a tales actividades como una manera de subsistencia afrontando así el desempleo y las condiciones de pobreza.

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This paper seeks to answer the question of what factors are conducive to depth of outreach, that is, attending to customers on lower incomes, on the part of commercial microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Peru, in order to propose measures aimed at increasing the financial inclusion of the microenterprise sector. Using a panel database containing information on the MFIs regulated by Peru’s banking, insurance, and pension fund management comptroller (Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP) and regressions with panel-corrected standard errors, the study finds that depth of outreach would benefit from lower administrative costs per borrower, the specialization of MFI loans to micro-entrepreneurs, and higher interest rates, the first two variables being those proposed by the present investigation. Meanwhile, the trade-off between MFI depth and profitability , discussed widely in the liter...

Depth of outreach in the context of microfinance commercialization in PerúThis paper seeks to answer the question of what factors are conducive to depth of outreach, that is, attending to customers on lower incomes, on the part of commercial microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Peru, in order to propose measures aimed at increasing the financial inclusion of the microenterprise sector.Using a panel database containing information on the MFIs regulated by Peru’s banking, insurance, and pension fund management comptroller (Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP) and regressions with panel-corrected standard errors, the study finds that depth of outreach would benefit from lower administrative costs per borrower, the specialization of MFI loans to micro-entrepreneurs, and higher interest rates, the first two variables being those proposed by the present investigation. Meanwhile, the tra...

Depth of outreach in the context of microfinance commercialization in PerúThis paper seeks to answer the question of what factors are conducive to depth of outreach, that is, attending to customers on lower incomes, on the part of commercial microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Peru, in order to propose measures aimed at increasing the financial inclusion of the microenterprise sector.Using a panel database containing information on the MFIs regulated by Peru’s banking, insurance, and pension fund management comptroller (Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP) and regressions with panel-corrected standard errors, the study finds that depth of outreach would benefit from lower administrative costs per borrower, the specialization of MFI loans to micro-entrepreneurs, and higher interest rates, the first two variables being those proposed by the present investigation. Meanwhile, the tra...