This paper examines the patterns of loan utilisation and repayment among micro-finance group members for Wayland … put pressure on them to depend on micro-finance loans at the time of repayment. The absence of alternative credit sources … increases the financial dependence of the members over a period of their stay in micro-finance programme. [Working paper 172 …

The paper analyses credibility and reputation in the context of peace negotiations. Where war provides economic gains …

How has the microcredit movement managed to push financial frontiers? In a context in which borrowers vary in … risk-matching and intra-group diversification of risk using data on Thai microcredit borrowing groups. We propose a non …-diversification results reveal a potentially negative aspect of voluntary group formation and point to limitations of microcredit groups as …

pattern of programme participation. Our numerical simulations of data on household expenditures and membership of micro-credit …

Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of … microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within the existing microfinance … benefit from microfinance services. This study attempts to assess the targeting effectiveness of the BDP ultra poor programme …