CROWDFUNDING FOR MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS: THE NEW HOPE? br

MIS QUARTERLY(2022)

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As an innovative alternative financing channel,online crowdfunding holds the promise of empoweringentrepreneurs and small businesses. However, doubts have been expressed as to whether online crowdfunding can deliver on its promisesbecause of the lack of empirical evidence regarding its effects. In this study, we investigate the effectsofprosocial crowdfunding on traditional microfinance institutions (MFIs). Combining multiple data sources, including data from Kiva.org and the Microfinance Information Exchange Market (MIX Market), we examine how access to crowdfunding influences MFIs' sustainability and interest rates. We find that after joining Kiva, MFIs' sustainability improves and interest rates decrease. Further investigation suggests that the changes mainly result from efficiency improvement, rather than from increased supply of low-cost funds. We propose that joining an online crowdfunding platform induces greater transparency and crowd monitoring, which motivates and empowers MFIs to improve operations and become more efficient
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Crowdfunding, microfinance, prosocial lending, interest rate, sustainability, crowd monitoring, information disclosure
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