An Analysis on the Efficiency of Philippine Microfinance Institutions: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

• Main Authors: Dio, Ryan Lou, Mendoza, Elijah Jacob, Nunez, Lunette Clarisse, Villanueva, Ma. Ellory, Austria, Myrna S., Tullao, Tereso S., Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Philippines; Microfinance Institutions; Poverty Alleviation; Accounting; Finance; Finance and Financial Management; Income Distribution
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/181; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/res_aki/article/1184/viewcontent/DLSU_AKI_Policy_Brief__2023_12_019.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) were created to provide loans and financial services for the poor as commercial banks have requirements that are not accessible to them. The Philippines government soon started using MFIs as a poverty alleviation tool to answer the market failure created by the comme...