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Robert Lensink
Researcher at University of Groningen
Publications - 275
Citations - 12068
Robert Lensink is an academic researcher from University of Groningen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Investment (macroeconomics) & Microfinance. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 260 publications receiving 11057 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Lensink include Wageningen University and Research Centre & University of Nottingham.
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Foreign direct investment, financial development and economic growth
Niels Hermes,Robert Lensink +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the development of the financial system of the recipient country is an important precondition for FDI to have a positive impact on economic growth.
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Foreign direct investment, financial development and economic growth
Niels Hermes,Robert Lensink +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the development of the financial system of the recipient country is an important precondition for FDI to have a positive impact on economic growth.
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Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use stochastic frontier analysis to examine whether there is a trade-off between outreach to the poor and efficiency of micro-finance institutions (MFIs).
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The empirics of microfinance: what do we know?
Niels Hermes,Robert Lensink +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a large-scale systematic analysis of the trade-off between financial performance and outreach of micro-finance institutions is presented, where three empirical contributions provide new insights with respect to why and how joint liability group lending works.
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Microfinance: its Impact, Outreach and Sustainability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors bring together recent empirical contributions with respect to a number of related and highly relevant issues on the economics of micro finance, and provide answers to the following two main questions: (1) does micro finance have an impact on the social and economic situation of the poor in developing nations; and (2) are microfinance institutions sustainable in the long term and is there a trade-off between sustainability and outreach?