Columbia University held a conference on sustainable development in September 2014. It subsequently posted the best papers from the conference, including one titled "Social Impact Assessment of Micro-Finance: The Case of Migrants in Hawassa, Ethiopia" by Feven Tsehaye.
The paper investigates why the case of migrants is central to reaching developmental goals, and why micro-finance institutions are capable of tapping into the potential to serve poor migrant communities in urban areas.