Activity of Microfinance Institutions in the Period of the Global Financial Crisis

• Authors: Paweł Galiński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article examines the models of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and some alterations in this field. The regional distribution of MFIs has been shown, as well as their main ties with the real economy against a background of commercial banks. The study also provide some findings on the influence of the financial crisis, which erupted in the late 2007, on the microfinance sector. Therefore, the author analyzed the literature and quantitative data in order to determine these relation-ships.

Keywords

EN

microfinance institutions; loans

deposits

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Gospodarczych
• Journal: Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1

Contributors

author

Paweł Galiński

• University of Gdańsk, Poland