Purpose: Global concerns over dysfunctional behaviours including bribery and corruption, embezzlement of funds and other conducts by leaders and public officials have become ubiquitous in organizations. Although national and organizational systems have been instituted to make these behaviours a...

1. Success factors of microcredit : what can we learn for international development? / Farhad Hossain, Christopher Rees and Tonya Knight Millar -- 2. A short history of the Grameen Bank : from subsidized microcredit to market-based microfinance / David Hulme -- 3. Microcredit as a...

By adopting microfinance as a core component in their development aid programmes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other development groups aim to reduce poverty and also, raise the status of women and disadvantaged communities. Nevertheless, despite its enormous success in tackling...