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- Title
Governance and performance of MFIs: the Cameroon case.
- Authors
Wamba, Léopold Djoutsa; Bengono, Isidore Bimeme; Sahut, Jean-Michel; Teulon, Frédéric
- Abstract
The main challenge of microfinance institutions and social economy firms remains their survival, and to meet this challenge, MFIs need to be competitive. The poor performance of MFIs is usually attributed to their decision-making and operational processes. The governance of MFIs is therefore identified as one of their main risks. Despite this, governance is still little explored in these organizations and empirical studies find a weak relationship between classical governance mechanisms and MFI performance, especially for the MFIs situated in Africa (Thrikawala et al. in Asian J Financ Account 5(1):160-182, 2013a). In this study, we examine whether the effect of governance mechanisms on the performance of MFIs differs according to their legal status in the Cameroonian context. On the one hand, our empirical results show that there is a significant relationship between some specific governance mechanisms and MFIs' performance. On the other hand, adjusting the governance mechanisms according to the MFIs' legal status improves their efficiency. The analysis of the impact of the governance mechanisms on the performance of MFIs requires not only an approach that is specific to this sector but also an approach that is adapted to their legal status. Moreover, from a managerial point of view, it would be desirable to adjust the governance mechanisms, depending on the legal status of the MFIs, to make them more efficient from the social as well as the financial standpoint.
- Subjects
FRANCE; MICROFINANCE laws; SOCIOECONOMICS; FINANCIAL services industry; FRENCH economic policy; COMMERCIAL law
- Publication
Journal of Management & Governance, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1385-3457
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10997-017-9381-9