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Financial permeation as a role of microfinance : has microfinance actually been helpful to the poor?
Inoue, Takeshi; Hamori, Shigeyuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
by three indicators related to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and then examine its effect on poverty reduction at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351432
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Seasonal migration and micro-credit in the lean period : evidence from northwest Bangladesh
Shonchoy, Abu S. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
This paper investigates the relationship between access to micro-credit and temporary seasonal migration, an issue which is largely ignored in the standard rural-urban migration literature. Seasonal migration due to agricultural downturns is a common phenomenon in developing countries. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351447
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Impact of seasonality-adjusted flexible microcredit on repayment and food consumption : experimental evidence from rural Bangladesh
Shonchoy, Abu S.; Kurosaki, Takashi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
The mismatch between credit repayments and income seasonality poses a challenge for microfinance institutions (MFIs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757622
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Organizational Capability of Local Societies in Rural Development: A Comparative Study of Microfinance Organizations in Thailand and the Philippines
Shigetomi, Shinichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
in Thailand and the other in the Philippines, which show clear contrasts in both the form of microfinance organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744757
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Is Group Lending A Good Enforcement Scheme for Achieving High Repayment Rates?: Evidence from Field Experiments in Vietnam
Kono, Hisaki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
Microfinance institutions employ various kinds of incentive schemes but estimating the effect of each scheme is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744784
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How does contract design affect the uptake of microcredit among the ultra-poor? : experimental evidence from the river islands of Northern Bangladesh
Takahashi, Kazushi; Shonchoy, Abu S.; Ito, Seiro; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
the ultra-poor. Microfinance institutions may need to design better credit contracts to address the poor's needs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095314