This article presents a practical methodology to monitor poverty changes among microfinance clients using available … microfinance practitioners to verify whether their clients are moving out of poverty and validate management strategies aiming to …

microfinance impact evaluation of SEWA Bank conducted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in India in …Microfinance has been on the development agenda for more than 30 years, heralded as the wondrous tool that reduces …, however, have recently been raised about the success of microfinance (Dichter and Harper, 2007; Banerjee et al, 2009; Roodman …

Micro-Finance is emerging as a powerful instrument for poverty alleviation in the new economy. In India, micro-Finance …-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFCs). This changing face of microfinance in India appears to be positive in terms of the ability of … artisans" and "economically weaker sections" have been used to broadly define micro-finance customers. Research across the …

current crisis has shaken microfinance in India and beyond and fuelled a heated debate on the (de)merits of commercialization …A crisis of microfinance in Andhra Pradesh (AP) is of highest interest to microfinance practitioners and scholars and … politicians around the world, because some of the world’s largest microfinance institutions (MFIs) are based out of AP. The …

India in this regard and recommends certain necessary steps in order to consolidate the process of linking MFIs with other … applicable to India as well as other developing countries facing similar situation. …