schooling their children receive, and improve the health and nutrition of their families A more refined model of micro-credit …Micro-Finance is emerging as a powerful instrument for poverty alleviation in the new economy. In India, micro-Finance … artisans" and "economically weaker sections" have been used to broadly define micro-finance customers. Research across the …

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 … reviewed literature underline the great improvement in the microfinance field that, however, has not reached its full potential …

“Microfinance in SAARC Countries: Sharing Lessons & Way forward” organized in November-December, 2010, jointly by the Institute of … Microfinance (InM), Bangladesh, and Rural Microfinance Development Corporation (RMDC), Nepal. It outlines the status and progress … of microfinance program in South Asia (SAARC countries) so far (as of November 2010), it also focuses on the challenges …

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 moneylender interest rate and households’ reliance on informal credit …

The paper focuses on comparison of the functioning of microfinance in various developing regions of the world, as well … opportunities in the microfinance markets. The conclusion offers several possibilities and insights on how microfinance could be … more efficient in financial terms. The paper also presents a brief evaluation of the benefits of microfinance and based on …

This paper investigates the role of public expenditures and general government debt in microfinance performance. Our … panel regression applied to the data of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean confirms the …, are characterized by higher rate of social efficiency. The positive influence on microfinance is besides public finance …

This paper examines the main risk management opportunities and threats, which microfinance institutions (MFIs) are … exposed to. Awareness and understanding of these indicators can make the evolution of microfinance more accurate and … simultaneously can help to locate the microfinance market in the broader picture of economic development. Growing competition …

This survey article 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 … of the reviewed literature underline the great improvement in the microfinance field that, however, has not reached its …

This note critically discusses the possible endogenous problems that microfinance sector in Bangladesh should seriously … that the sector should emphasize credit plus programs, skill development of borrowers, strong monitoring, product … are better option than microfinance. …

This paper investigates the possible reasons why many microfinance institutions (MFIs) have gradually experienced a … of women participating in the microfinance programs. …