... either. These included studies from 14 sub-Saharan African countries, namely Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, ... conducting a qualitative study of a small sample, but then analysing the data using statistical tests and reporting these as generalisable results, then the study was judged to be of poor quality and ... assesses the nature of the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the poor in SSA.Given this paucity, the particular nature of MFIs in SSA, and the policy and practical need to understand the...