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Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that have become the conventional wisdom, although they have not been proven. These assumptions are examined through a review and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on...
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Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that have become the conventional wisdom, although they have not been proven. These assumptions are examined through a review and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943570
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paper, the authors carried out a pilot test of an innovative psychometric tool aimed at evaluating credit risk for business … compared to self-reported sales, subsequent loan repayment performance, and credit bureau data to determine if psychometric …-based credit scoring models could reduce the constraints on MSME finance. The authors created a scorecard based on that information …
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problem among newly created SMEs that have a scant credit record and frequently lack collateral. The authors of this paper … carried out a pilot test of an innovative psychometric tool aimed at evaluating credit risk among SME clients of Banco Ciudad … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance …
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problem among newly created SMEs that have a scant credit record and frequently lack collateral. The authors of this paper … carried out a pilot test of an innovative psychometric tool aimed at evaluating credit risk among SME clients of Banco Ciudad … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672755
This paper studies whether lending by foreign banks is affected by financial crises. The paper pairs a bank …-level dataset of foreign ownership with information on banking crises and examines whether the credit supply of majority …
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Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the...
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