"This paper evaluates the outreach and impact of two microfinance "village bank" programs that target the poor in … selection. Results demonstrate that microfinance loans positively affect many measures of household welfare for the wealthy …

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial … effect. -- Asset creation ; microfinance ; impact ; Self Help Groups …

with their other social agendas. NGOs providing such credit have become known as microfinance institutions or MFIs. By … advocating and implementing microfinance programs, MFIs aim to assist and enable their members to have an improved quality of … societies. The social effect of microfinance can lead to higher social status, and also help in the formation of social capital …

This paper investigates the potential and scope of transformation of a Microfinance NGO into a NBFC. Conversion into a … NBFC gives a Microfinance NGO greater credibility as it brings the Micro Finance Institution under the purview of Reserve … the member-borrowers.The major challenges to the successful provision of microfinance in India can be summarized as …

introduction of microfinance through Self-Help Groups (SHG), they penetrated into each and every corner in India and actually the … NGOs are responsible for converting the pilot project of microfinance into a major programme and the NGOs are responsible … for making the microfinance through SHG as the largest programme in the world. This paper analyses the role of NGOs in …