is inappropriate in the urban context where a large percentage of microfinance organisations in the developing world …

lending or similarly micro-finance are examples of such alternative lending contracts. In this paper, we investigate the … effect of mutual guarantee institutions (MGI) on loan interest rates. We argue that, similarly to group lending and micro-finance …

Micro-Finance is emerging as a powerful instrument for poverty alleviation in the new economy. In India, micro-Finance … artisans" and "economically weaker sections" have been used to broadly define micro-finance customers. Research across the … globe has shown that, over time, microfinance clients increase their income and assets, increase the number of years of …

We trace the relationship between firm performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions (MFI …

The objective of fight against poverty was at the origin of the creation of the institutions of microfinance (IMF …. Today, certain authors underline the limits of the microfinance and question its impact on the development. What happens … really? What do the impact studies learn on the contribution from the microfinance to the poverty reduction in the developing …

results prove that rural microfinance institutions, rather rural microfinance network can be viable. It is just a matter of …

This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … microfinance program could involve a reduction in the poverty gap between men and women beneficiaries. …

This paper provides a brief but comprehensive overview of microfinance academic literature with emphasis on recent … innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization … reviewed literature underline the great improvement in the microfinance field that, however, has not reached its full potential …

This paper attempts to assess whether participation in a microfinance program helps households generate personal … savings, as distinct from savings through compulsory contributions to the program. We consider a microfinance program … participating in the microfinance program and a “control group” of non-participating households of similar characteristics. Using …