Micro-finance And Their Role In Povery Alleviation

hello all, well this is my first actual post after joining nairaland, hope Nairalanders can help,
I am a masters student in development studies,  I intend to look into the role of microfinance in poverty alleviation. I was wondering if i could get some ideas n how to go about it. i am expected to some camparative analysis with home country NIGERIA and my country of Study CHINA

IDEAS please,