Analysis of microfinance performance and development of informal institutions in Cameroon

• ABSTRACT
  
  • I.1- Background of the study
    
  • I.2- Problem statement
    
  • I.5- Research outline
    
• II.1- Welfarists and Institutionalists approaches
  
• II.2- The Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability of MFIs
  
• II.3- Impact of Microfinance Institutions
  
• II.4- Literature review on the social performance of microfinance institutions
  
• II.4.1- Impact studies on microfinance
  
• II.4.2- Studies on the social performance of microfinance institutions
  
• II.4.3- Clients targeting
  
• Conclusion
  
• III.1.2- Overview of microfinance in Cameroon
  
• III.1.3- Evolution of equities
  
• III.1.4- Profitability of microfinance sector
  
• III.2.2- Informal sector in Cameroon
  
• III.3- Theoretical links between MFIs and informal sector development
  
• III.4- Microfinance schism
  
• III.4.1- The welfarists' approach
  
• III.4.2- The institutionalists' approach
  
• III.5- Social performance
  
• III.5.1- Outreach
  
• III.5.2- Impact assessment
  
• III.5.2.1- Impact on income
  
• III.5.2.2- Impact on consumption
  
• III.5.2.3- Impact on start-up businesses
  
• III.6- Financial performance
  
• III.6.1- Determinants of a profitable institution
  
• III.6.1.1- Reducing transaction costs
  
• III.6.1.2- Carrying out a financial margin
  
• III.6.2- Perennial MFIs
  
• III.6.2.1- Life cycle
  
• III.7.2- The debate between the institutionalists and welfarists
  
• IV.1- Relationship between social and financial performance
  
• IV.1.1- A tentative typology of the firms' performances
  
• IV.1.2- The problem statement
  
• IV.2- Selection of variables and indicators
  
• IV.2.1- Selection of the financial performance indicators
  
• IV.2.2- Selection of the social performance indicators
  
• IV.2.3- Selection of developmental indicators for the informal sector
  
• IV.2.4- Selection of the control variables
  
• IV.3- The research hypothesis and research model
  
• IV.4- Regression approach
  
• IV.5- conclusion
  
• V.3- Preliminary data analysis
  
• V.3.1- Descriptive statistics
  
• V.3.2- Correlation analysis
  
• V.4- Regression analysis
  
• V.4.1- Financial performance regression analysis
  
• V.4.2- Social performance regression analysis
  
• V.4.3- Informal sector regression
  
• VI.1- Conclusion
  
• VI.2- Limitations and recommendations