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Table 1 Comparison of Outreach amongst different types of MFIs

From: Microfinance institutions’ operational self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa: empirical evidence

OUTREACH

All Data

OSS

NOSS

UPOSS

For-Profit

Non-Profit

Small

55%

49%

65%

72%

49%

60%

Medium

25%

25%

25%

22%

29%

22%

Large

20%

26%

11%

6%

22%

18%

  1. Figures based on own analysis; data - Mix Market, 2018. OSS Operational Self-sufficiency, NOSS Non-OSS, or UPNOSS Underperforming NOSS. Each percentage is a ratio of the number of MFIs with a specific outreach to the total number of MFIs. For e.g., in NOSS MFIs column, the number of “small” outreach organizations was totaled and divided by the total number of MFIs giving 65%. Outreach: Small- Less than 10,000 borrowers, Medium- Number of borrowers is between 10,000 and 30,000, Large- Greater than 30,000 borrowers