A systematic review of gender diversity and its impact on the performance of Microfinance Institutions

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Table 4 Summary table of paper search in Scopus and Web of Science

Search string	Scopus	Web of Science
Gender and Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit institutions	491	697
Gender Diversity and Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	40	58
Women and Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	1013	1046
Gender Diversity and Performance of Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	7	8
Female Employee and Performance of Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	0	1
Gender of the Board Member and Performance of Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	4	7
Women Moneylender and Performance of Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	0	0
Gender Relations and Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	85	66
Female Loan Officers and Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	18	18
Female Staff and Performance of Microfinance Institutions or Microcredit Institutions	3	0
Total	1661	1901

Due to differences in algorithms between the two search engines, the preliminary search results show a higher number for the Web of Science database. However, the Scopus search results produced a higher number of relevant papers related to our exact string search