• Kaldir Hasan
• Liaqat Ali, PhD

Micro-financing is the provision of financial services to the poor people as a means to support in poverty alleviation programs among the communities. The primary objective of microfinance institutions is the reach to the poor people by providing financial services in a sustainable base. This study aims to examine the factors that influence the outreach performance of MFIs in Ethiopia. The research used fixed effect regression, and found that return on assets and cost per borrowers affect both the depth and breadth of outreach, whereas, financial self-sufficient, operating expense to loan portfolio and size of the MFIs impact the depth of outreach only and gross loan portfolio impact breadth of outreach only. Furthermore, portfolio at risk greater than 30 days does not affect the outreach performance of MFI.

Microfinance institution, Outreach, Performance, Depth, Breadth, Ethiopia.

"The Determinants of Outreach Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Ethiopia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.564-574, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901375.pdf

"The Determinants of Outreach Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Ethiopia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp564-574, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901375.pdf