December 2022

The impact of microfinance on the poor in Kenya: A systematic review of evidence from Kenya

This study reviews the qualitative and quantitative research on the impact of microfinance (especially micro-credit) on the poor in Kenya to enable practitioners, donors and policy-makers understand the nature of the evidence available. Despite a large body of impact studies on the effectiveness of microfinance on the poor in Kenya, no systematic review has been conducted that brings together all these studies and...

Author(s): Huzaifa Shakir