Microfinance and rating

2008

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2008 This master thesis starts by introducing the concept of microfinance. It shows that MFI rating is an important tool in achieving transparency. The study attempts to determine the relationship between social and financial indicators and the MFI rating grade. These indicators are chosen based on previous studies on ratings and microfinance. The data comes from ratings reports performed by five major MFI rating agencies: MicroRate, Planet Rating, Microfinanza, Crisil and M-Cril. Data transformation was used to achieve normal distribution of the variables. The empirical research was carried out using multiple regression anal…