Class information for:
Level 1: MICROFINANCE//MICROCREDIT//GROUP LENDING

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
7266 1388 38.3 34%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
425 3       AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY//DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS//ECONOMICS 28061
1057 2             MICROFINANCE//PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT//AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY 10037
7266 1                   MICROFINANCE//MICROCREDIT//GROUP LENDING 1388

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 MICROFINANCE authKW 4292099 21% 66% 295
2 MICROCREDIT authKW 2033538 10% 67% 138
3 GROUP LENDING authKW 813921 3% 100% 37
4 MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS authKW 449937 2% 68% 30
5 JOINT LIABILITY authKW 296962 1% 75% 18
6 MICROENTERPRISE authKW 200920 2% 35% 26
7 MISSION DRIFT authKW 186328 1% 71% 12
8 INFORMAL CREDIT authKW 161625 1% 57% 13
9 GRAMEEN BANK authKW 156565 1% 65% 11
10 FINANCIAL INCLUSION authKW 122235 1% 33% 17

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Planning & Development 103444 37% 1% 509
2 Economics 36751 55% 0% 765
3 Agricultural Economics & Policy 4542 4% 0% 57
4 Area Studies 4029 6% 0% 85
5 Women’s Studies 1464 3% 0% 44
6 Business, Finance 823 4% 0% 53
7 Business 739 5% 0% 63
8 Social Work 454 2% 0% 32
9 Public Administration 381 2% 0% 26
10 Management 257 3% 0% 47

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 CERMI 119763 1% 78% 7
2 EUROPEAN MICROFINANCE CERMI 78561 0% 71% 5
3 FINANCIAL ACCESS INITIAT 65994 0% 100% 3
4 BUSINESS EXPANS NETWORK 43996 0% 100% 2
5 SCUOLA STUDI INT 29329 0% 67% 2
6 JAMEEL POVERTY ACT 28280 0% 43% 3
7 SBS EM 24486 1% 16% 7
8 AGR ENVIRONM PL ECON 21998 0% 100% 1
9 ALTIS ALTA SCUOLA IMP A SOC 21998 0% 100% 1
10 ANAL HUMAN SOCIAL PROC CI HS 21998 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 WORLD DEVELOPMENT 94714 11% 3% 146
2 JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 61418 6% 3% 83
3 JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 48357 5% 3% 63
4 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 47461 3% 6% 35
5 JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS 16951 1% 6% 13
6 IDS BULLETIN-INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 15269 2% 2% 31
7 AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS 14345 1% 5% 14
8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE 10565 2% 2% 24
9 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH 9159 1% 3% 12
10 DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE 9111 2% 2% 23

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MICROFINANCE 4292099 21% 66% 295 Search MICROFINANCE Search MICROFINANCE
2 MICROCREDIT 2033538 10% 67% 138 Search MICROCREDIT Search MICROCREDIT
3 GROUP LENDING 813921 3% 100% 37 Search GROUP+LENDING Search GROUP+LENDING
4 MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS 449937 2% 68% 30 Search MICROFINANCE+INSTITUTIONS Search MICROFINANCE+INSTITUTIONS
5 JOINT LIABILITY 296962 1% 75% 18 Search JOINT+LIABILITY Search JOINT+LIABILITY
6 MICROENTERPRISE 200920 2% 35% 26 Search MICROENTERPRISE Search MICROENTERPRISE
7 MISSION DRIFT 186328 1% 71% 12 Search MISSION+DRIFT Search MISSION+DRIFT
8 INFORMAL CREDIT 161625 1% 57% 13 Search INFORMAL+CREDIT Search INFORMAL+CREDIT
9 GRAMEEN BANK 156565 1% 65% 11 Search GRAMEEN+BANK Search GRAMEEN+BANK
10 FINANCIAL INCLUSION 122235 1% 33% 17 Search FINANCIAL+INCLUSION Search FINANCIAL+INCLUSION

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 BANERJEE, AV , (2013) MICROCREDIT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN THE PAST TWO DECADES, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?.ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS, VOL 5. VOL. 5. ISSUE . P. 487-519 50 88% 14
2 JANDA, K , ZETEK, P , (2015) MICROFINANCE REVOLUTION: CONTROVERSES AND CHALLENGES.POLITICKA EKONOMIE. VOL. 63. ISSUE 1. P. 108 -130 51 76% 2
3 GARCIA-PEREZ, I , MUNOZ-TORRES, MJ , FERNANDEZ-IZQUIERDO, MA , (2017) MICROFINANCE LITERATURE: A SUSTAINABILITY LEVEL PERSPECTIVE SURVEY.JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. VOL. 142. ISSUE . P. 3382 -3395 55 56% 0
4 PINZ, A , HELMIG, B , (2015) SUCCESS FACTORS OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS: STATE OF THE ART AND RESEARCH AGENDA.VOLUNTAS. VOL. 26. ISSUE 2. P. 488 -509 38 70% 1
5 PEDRINI, M , BRAMANTI, V , MINCIULLO, M , FERRI, LM , (2016) RETHINKING MICROFINANCE FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. VOL. 28. ISSUE 2. P. 281 -302 33 79% 0
6 KONO, H , TAKAHASHI, K , (2010) MICROFINANCE REVOLUTION: ITS EFFECTS, INNOVATIONS, AND CHALLENGES.DEVELOPING ECONOMIES. VOL. 48. ISSUE 1. P. 15 -73 34 83% 6
7 AGGARWAL, R , GOODELL, JW , SELLECK, LJ , (2015) LENDING TO WOMEN IN MICROFINANCE: ROLE OF SOCIAL TRUST.INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW. VOL. 24. ISSUE 1. P. 55 -65 33 75% 1
8 ATTANASIO, O , AUGSBURG, B , DE HAAS, R , FITZSIMONS, E , HARMGART, H , (2015) THE IMPACTS OF MICROFINANCE: EVIDENCE FROM JOINT-LIABILITY LENDING IN MONGOLIA.AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS. VOL. 7. ISSUE 1. P. 90 -122 22 88% 14
9 MARCONATTO, D , CRUZ, LB , PEDROZO, EA , (2016) GOING BEYOND MICROFINANCE FUZZINESS.JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. VOL. 115. ISSUE . P. 5 -22 31 65% 1
10 JIA, XP , CULL, R , GUO, P , MA, T , (2016) COMMERCIALIZATION AND MISSION DRIFT: EVIDENCE FROM A LARGE CHINESE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION.CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW. VOL. 40. ISSUE . P. 17 -32 21 95% 0

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 12127 POVERTY DYNAMICS//CHRONIC POVERTY//CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
2 35937 CROWDFUNDING//PEER TO PEER LENDING//CROWDFUNDING PERFORMANCE
3 4475 RELATIONSHIP LENDING//SYNDICATED LOANS//TRADE CREDIT
4 18449 SHARECROPPING//MARSHALLIAN INEFFICIENCY//RENT REDUCTION
5 15895 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP//BASE OF THE PYRAMID//SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
6 23183 FEMINIST ECONOMICS//FEMINIZATION OF THE LABOR FORCE//HOME BASED WORKERS
7 19155 CASH TRANSFERS//CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS//PROGRESA
8 23723 JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS//DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS//IMPACT EVALUATION
9 8203 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT//ECONOMIC GROWTH//FINANCIAL DEEPENING
10 19049 GENDER MAINSTREAMING//EQUALITY POLICY//BIRADERI

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