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Microfinance games
Gine, Xavier (contributor) - 2006
"Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical … perspective, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed … created an experimental economics laboratory in a large urban market in Lima, Peru and over seven months conducted 11 …
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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2008
"This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in Sri Lankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521013
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Albania : Access to Finance for Enterprise Sector
World Bank - 2012
intermediation, (ii) growth and development of credit unions and microfinance institutions, and (iii) facilitate the development of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553326
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Peru - Developing New Structured Financial Products to Channel Savings Towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Growth
World Bank - 2012
The objective of this study is to contribute to the development of new structured financial products in Peru, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550806
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Peru : Institutional and Financial Framework for Development of Small Hydropower
World Bank - 2008
Peru is favored by a stable and growing economy and the availability of indigenous sources of energy for electricity … generation, hydro and natural gas. Installed capacity in Peru in 2006 was 6658 MW, of which 48 percent was hydro-based. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246963
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Linking up and reaching out in Bangladesh : information and communications technology for microfinance
Bagazonzya, Henry K. (contributor) - 2010
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The new microfinance handbook : a financial market system perspective
Nelson, Candace (contributor);  … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393852
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Economic and social impacts of self-help groups in india
Deininger, Klaus W. - 2009
"Although there has been considerable recent interest in micro-credit programs, rigorous evidence on the impacts of forming self-help groups to mobilize savings and foster social empowerment at the local level is virtually non-existent, despite a large number of programs following this pattern....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394178
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Longer-term economic impacts of self-help groups in India
Deininger, Klaus W. - 2009
"Despite the popularity and unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence of their economic impacts is scant. Based on two rounds of a 2,400 household panel, the authors use double differences, propensity score matching, and pipeline comparison to assess economic impacts of longer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394180
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Access to finance by Chilean corporations
Sirtaine, Sophie - 2006
"The author assesses the extent to which Chilean firms have access to sufficient and adequate sources of funds. Access to finance has become an important issue for policymakers in Latin America. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in particular, complain that their lack of access to adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522215