Microfinance contracts have proven able to secure high rates of loan repayment in the face of limited liability and …, though, is at the heart of the promise that microfinance can deliver poverty reduction while not relying on ongoing subsidy …

This paper describes a new index of the quality of the business environment for microfinance institutions (the Global … Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment). Regressions are used to validate the index by linking it and its … subcomponents to microfinance outcomes. The main findings are that the components of the index related to the supporting …

The major form of microfinance in India is that based on women's Self Help Groups (SHGs), which are small groups of 10 …

key microfinance approaches in India, taking a close look at the most dominant among these, the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to …This paper reviews the current level and pattern of access to finance for India's rural poor and examines some of the …

attrition and measurement of firm profits and revenues. Over these short time horizons, there are relatively modest impacts of … microfinance organizations of offering training. To date there is little evidence to help guide policymakers as to whether any …