The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the … poor might be resolved by access to credit alone -- the ability to acquire assets, to start businesses, to finance … be done. Most microfinance institutions (MFIs) are still small and vulnerable to constraints on their resources and to …

managed storage and inventory credit services, and where there is framework of law enforcement. The immediate poverty …

interventions. It then goes on to discuss what was learned about the impact of microfinance, educational transfer, and agricultural … technology development programs from the life-history narratives. The life-history interviews show that microfinance services are … income-generating activity at some time. Microfinance contributed to at least one of the three or four most important causes …

, the microfinance industry is giving more attention to building their customers’ financial capabilities, designing products …

linking informal lenders (relatives, credit groups, and moneylenders) with the formal financial systems (banks and …

The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the … poor might be resolved by access to credit alone the ability to acquire assets, to start businesses, to finance emergency … done. Most microfinance institutions (MFIs) are still small and vulnerable to constraints on their resources and to the …

"This case study examines the scaling-up experiences of two microfinance institutions: the Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited …, government policy in the form of mandatory "priority sector" credit played and continues to play a critical role in facilitating … expansion of both programs is highly conditional on whether the policy regime of directed credit continues. Any change in this …

"This case study examines the scaling-up experiences of two microfinance institutions: the Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited …, government policy in the form of mandatory "priority sector" credit played and continues to play a critical role in facilitating … expansion of both programs is highly conditional on whether the policy regime of directed credit continues. Any change in this …