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Acute poverty alleviation through women’s targeting by microfinance programs
Dobra, Alexandra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
to underline the positive corollary existing between the targeting of women by microfinance programs, on the one hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005019441
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MIKROFINANČNÍ REVOLUCE: AKTUÁLNÍ KONTROVERZE A VÝZVY
Janda, Karel; Zetek, Pavel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
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, regulation, interest rate policy and the balance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258789
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Economic and Employment Effects of Microloans in a Transition Country
Baldi, Guido; Sadovskis, Vairis; Šipilova, Viktorija - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Over the last years, microloans to small and medium-sized enterprises have grown in significance in many countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Empirical evidence on the economic and social impact of microfinance is, however, scant. In trying to shed more light on this important issue, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259480
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Microfinane in SAARC countries: updates 2011
Badruddoza, S - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper has been prepared on the basis of the recorded deliberations of the participants attended in the conference “Microfinance in SAARC Countries: Sharing Lessons & Way forward” organized in November-December, 2010, jointly by the Institute of Microfinance (InM), Bangladesh, and Rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260406
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Microfinance and Moneylenders: Long-run Effects of MFIs on Informal Credit Market in Bangladesh
Berg, Claudia; Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Using two surveys from Bangladesh, this paper provides evidence on the effects of microfinance competition on village moneylender interest rates and households’ dependence on informal credit. The views among practitioners diverge sharply: proponents claim that MFI competition reduces both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260674
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Dynamics of market share in the microfinance industry in Bangladesh
Mahmoud, Chowdhury Shameem; Khalily, M. A. Baqui; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We discuss evidence that the microcredit industry in Bangladesh has seen emergence of large variations in the size of … union in Tangail district, a seasoned place for microcredit, reveals that within the local market competition is becoming … in determining MFI shares of a village microcredit market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079308
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The Nature of Poverty and Its Prospects: Pakistan Evidence
Herani, Gobind M; Rajar, Allah Wasayo; Wasim, Mohammad … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Microcredit, Khushhali bank and massive spending on poverty related and social sector. In the end implication are made for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014736
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Microfinance institutions will be an important instrument to earn more remittance, send remittance and utilize remittance in Bangladesh
Sk. Mahmudul Alam, Mahmud - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
by foreign remittance. Microcredit is another important tool in reducing poverty. In the same study, we have seen that … microcredit solely reduced 4% poverty in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh microcredit will be an important tool in earning remittance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651407
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Indian microfinance: lessons from Bangladesh
Sarker, Debnarayan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
’ households to earn a sustainable living under microcredit programmes of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, loans are received by their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322650
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Good governance in microcredit strategy for poverty reduction: focus on western Mindanao, Philippines
Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
social equity-laden microcredit strategy for the impoverished agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Mindanao. It … leaders and informal moneylenders; and WMCIP beneficiaries. Overall, microcredit is applicable only to the enterprising poor …. The application of microcredit to other poverty groups who actually need subsidies and social safety nets would be a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401358