This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that … enable microfinance institutions (MFIs) to reach a greater number of poor households on a sustainable basis. It discusses the …

Microfinance is an emerging important financial subsector in Asian transition countries. Its role is to improve … poverty alleviation. This paper provides an overview of rural finance and microfinance development in transition countries in …

limited. This paper explains the microfinance policy environment in the Philippines and evaluates the institutional and …

The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and …

Microfinance is an emerging important financial subsector in Asian transition countries. Its role is to improve … alleviation. This paper provides an overview of rural finance and microfinance development in transition countries in Southeast …—agricultural banks, microfinance banks, microfinance NGOs, financial cooperatives and other indigenous financial systems—have to reach …

effects of microfinance. Using descriptive and statistical analyses, results show that the effects of credit in household …

quasi-experimental design with incoming clients of randomly selected participating microfinance institutions as the … recommend that for microfinance programs to be effective as a poverty-alleviation tool there is a need to review and constantly …

transformed into a market-based microfinance development institution, can play that role. …

limited. This paper explains the microfinance policy environment in the Philippines and evaluates the institutional and …