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Are Remittances a 'Catalyst' for Financial Access? Evidence from Mexico
Ambrosius, Christian - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011
and important for microfinance institutions, but not for traditional banks. …
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Allocating Cash Savings and the Role of Information: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda
Buehren, Niklas - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011
Microfinance in general and microcredit programs in particular have attracted much attention among interest groups …
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Village Funds in the Rural Credit Market of Thailand
Menkhoff, Lukas; Rungruxsirivorn, Ornsiri - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2009
microfinance programs ever implemented. We use a cross-sectional approach examining village funds in relation to competing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642603
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The Tsunami and the Chit Fund- Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Hit on Credit Demand in South India
Czura, Kristina; Klonner, Stefan - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2010
We analyze the effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on credit demand in South India. Combining data from a semi-formal financial intermediary with geophysical data on the Tsunami, we estimate the extent to which the price of credit and the structure of credit flows changed in response to...
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The Competition between Relationship-Based Microfinance and Transaction Lending
Schrader, Jan - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2009
We empirically analyze the competition between a relationship lender and a transaction lender in the credit business with micro and small entrepreneurs. Drawing on a data set about the customers of the relationship lender ProCredit Ecuador combined with data about all other loans of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565014
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Micro-credit, risk coping and the incidence of rural-to-urban migration
Ahsan, Quamrul - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2005
microfinance institution could also provide a competing source of insurance. The question raised in this paper is how the access to … either of the activities individually. In that event, introduction of microfinance in rural societies may result in raising …
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