Open AccessMicrofinance in Argentina: a sistematic literature review
Author(s) -
Sofía Orazi,
Lisana B. Martínez,
Hernán Pedro Vigier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
visión de futuro/visión de futuro
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1669-7634
pISSN - 1668-8708
DOI - 10.36995/j.visiondefuturo.2020.24.01.007.en
Subject(s) - microfinance , scopus , scielo , poverty , investment (military) , population , business , economic growth , work (physics) , political science , economics , engineering , sociology , medline , mechanical engineering , demography , politics , law
Microfinance is a set of services specially designed to meet the demands of the population with less economic resources. The most important aim is focused on improving the quality of life of people and increasing their income and investment in education and health. As area of study, a remarkable increase can be identified from the beginning of the twenty-fist century, gaining importance over the years given that microfinance has achieved the recognition of international organizations in the fight against poverty. The present work carried out a Systematic Literature Review on microfinance, analyzing the volume of publication and the main countries and journals that address the subject of study, in Scopus and SciELO databases. At the same time, we detected the books available for consultation in different national libraries that refer to microfinance in Argentina. Finally, we summarized those works that focus on the economic situation of Argentine microfinance market and which are published in these databases. The aim was to identify the main characteristics of this market, its state of development and to obtain an overview of the possible obstacles it faces to expand in a sustainable manner. In addition, we sought to explore the key gaps in the literature and provide some suggestions for future research.