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Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in India : sources and challenges

Singh, Charan; Wasdani, Kishinchand Poornima - 2016

Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including … challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during different stages of their life cycle. This study is a first … limitation in the identification and utilization of sources of finance. Data was collected through personal interviews using a …

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The role of credit rating agencies in addressing gaps in micro and small enterprise financing : the case of India

Shankar, Savita - 2019

This paper describes the common financing challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in India and some important measures taken to address them, with a focus on the credit rating scheme implemented in 2000. It examines the usefulness as well as the limitations of the...

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Financial inclusion, financial education, and financial regulation : a story from Indonesia

Tambunan, Tulus Tahi Hamonangan - 2015

Many reforms have taken place in Indonesia following the Asian financial crisis of 1997 - 1998. The government has embarked upon institutional transformation, making the country one of the region's most vibrant democracies. In social, economic, and political areas, Indonesia has seen much...

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The status of financial inclusion, regulation, and education in India

Barua, Abheek; Kathuria, Rajat; Malik, Neha - 2016

India's financial inclusion agenda has witnessed a paradigm shift over the last decade, away from an emphasis on credit to a more comprehensive approach toward financial services (e.g., opening bank accounts and offering basic financial products, such as insurance). This paper describes the...

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Bridging the "missing middle" between microfinance and small and medium-sized enterprise finance in South Asia

Shankar, Savita - 2016

With maturity in the microfinance market in South Asia, it is observed that some microfinance members' needs grow beyond the boundaries of traditional microfinance group loans. In addition, there are other small enterprises whose needs are not met by microfinance institutions or commercial...

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Digital doorstep banking : female banking agents lead digital financial inclusion through the pandemic and beyond

Pinto, Alreena Renita; Arora, Amit - 2021

This paper discusses the business correspondent (BC)-agent banking model in India against the backdrop of community-based rural livelihood programs, its relevance in facilitating financial inclusion in underserved rural geographies, and its potential to address the gender gap in financial...

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Can Microfinance Unlock a Poverty Trap for Some Entrepreneurs?

Banerjee, Abhijit - 2019

Can microcredit help unlock a poverty trap for some people by putting their businesses on a different trajectory? Could the small microcredit treatment effects often found for the average household mask important heterogeneity? In Hyderabad, India, we find that "gung ho entrepreneurs" (GEs),...

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Changes in Social Network Structure in Response to Exposure to Formal Credit Markets

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Breza, Emily; Chandrasekhar, Arun G. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Formal financial institutions can have far-reaching and long-lasting impacts on informal lending and information networks. We first study 75 villages in Karnataka, 43 of which were exposed to microfinance after we first collected detailed network data. Networks shrink more in exposed villages....

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Building Social Capital Through MicroFinance

Feigenberg, Benjamin - 2010

A number of development assistance programs promote community interaction as a means of building social capital. Yet, despite strong theoretical underpinnings, the role of repeat interactions in sustaining cooperation has proven difficult to identify empirically. We provide the first...

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Infrastructure, urbanization, and demand for bank and non-bank loans of households in the People's Republic of China

Lyons, Angela C.; Grable, John E.; Zeng, Ting - 2017

adequate infrastructure exists within their community. This study uses data from the 2013 Chinese Household Finance Survey to …

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