Social performance and sustainability of Indian microfinance institutions: an interrogation

ABSTRACT

This paper has come forward from the research proposal to understand the effect of social performance on the sustainability of microfinance institutions. It has been revealed that the conventional method of assessment of financial institutions is not applicable to the microfinance sector. Performance measurement of microfinance institutions has to be different from that of other financial institutions because of the social aspects involved besides profitability. Social performance has now become part of microfinance business along with business sustainability. Our whole study course is entitled “Effect of social performance on the sustainability of microfinance institutions.” In this paper, we elucidate the topic, find the underrepresented research areas and formulate a research hypothesis for understanding the relationship between social performance and the sustainability of microfinance institutions.

KEYWORDS:

• Microfinance
• social performance
• financial performance
• sustainability
• microfinance institutions