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Financial Intermediaries and Economic Development – A Study of Transaction Costs of Borrowing for the Poor
Swamy, Vighneswara; B.K, Tulasimala - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
microfinance models of lending offer considerably lower costs of borrowing than those in regular models of direct lending by banks …. The study opines that microfinance model of lending can provide cost-efficient model of financial intermediation for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260268
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Contracting Innovations and the Evolution of Exchange Clearinghouses
Moser, James T - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
Defining futures contracts as substitutes for associated cash transactions enables a discussion of the evolution of controls over contract nonperformance risk. These controls are incorporated into exchange methods for clearing contracts. Three clearing methods are discussed: direct, ringing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372505
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Reforms in Institutional Finance for Inclusive Growth
Swamy, Vighneswara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper analyses the need, significance and the advantages of ‘reforms in institutional finance for inclusive growth’ in the context of Indian economy and offers some practicable suggestions from the functional perspective. India’s Rural Financial Architecture (RFA) is subject to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113195
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Do Small Farmers Borrow Less when the Lending rate Increases? The Case of Rice Farming in the Philippines
Briones, Roehlano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
anecdotal information (especially from microfinance experiences), proponents of cost recovery claim that raising formal lending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789639
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Group Lending Scheme operating through Primary Agricultural Credit Society: A Critical Assessment
Amit, Kundu; Suranjana, Mitra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The basic objective of the paper is to identify the effectiveness of group lending based microfinance programme … respective groups for agricultural purposes. Results reveal that there has been no significant impact of microfinance programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565137
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Concepts of price fairness: Empirical research into the Dutch coffee market
Gielessen, R.; Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper researches perceptions of the concept of price fairness in the Dutch coffee market. We distinguish four alternative standards of fair prices based on egalitarian, basic rights, capitalistic and libertarian approaches. We investigate which standards are guiding the perceptions of price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545989
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Good governance in microcredit strategy for poverty reduction: focus on western Mindanao, Philippines
Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The study argues for the integration of good governance principles in developing financially viable, effective and social equity-laden microcredit strategy for the impoverished agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Mindanao. It particularly examines the program design and implementation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401358
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Microfinance And self-help finance system to reduce poverty from Pakistan: an it-based solution
Herani, Gobind M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
, and suggest sustainable management of micro-Finance and Self-help Finance systems. Literature review at national and … international level reveals that many researchers have attempted to suggest microfinance as a tool to reduce poverty. Self … microfinance bank, with small deposits plus donor’s funds, to be electronically managed by NGOs and controlled by organizations of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403469
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Microfinance and Self-Help Finance System to Reduce Poverty from Pakistan: An It-Based Solution
Herani, Gobind M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
, and suggest sustainable management of micro-Finance and Self-help Finance systems. Literature review at national and … international level reveals that many researchers have attempted to suggest microfinance as a tool to reduce poverty. Self … microfinance bank, with small deposits plus donor’s funds, to be electronically managed by NGOs and controlled by organizations of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562645
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Acquisition versus greenfield: The impact of the mode of foreign bank entry on information and bank lending rates
Claeys, Sophie; Hainz, Christa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Policy makers often decide to liberalize foreign bank entry but at the same time restrict the mode of entry. We study how different entry modes affect the interest rate for loans in a model in which domestic banks possess private information about their incumbent clients but foreign banks have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835210