... Economist Complex • Volume 3 - Issue 1 - December 2012A f r i c a n D e v e l o p m e n t B a n k12Chief Economist Complex • Volume 3 - Issue 1 - December 2012© AfDB 2012 - Design, ERCU/YAL A f ... with less-well-established MFIs. In gene-ral, international financial institutions (IFIs) andsocially-motivated investors are better placedthan commercial investors to invest in higher-risk ... Volume 3 - Issue 1 - December 2012ReferencesAbbink, K., Irlenbusch B., and Elke, R. 2006."Group Size and Social Ties in Micro-financeInstitutions" Economic Inquiry 44 (4), 61 4-6 28AfDB....