finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions … time and risk, the interaction of different dimensions of financial inclusion, the importance of details of policy design …

This article examines the determinants of the nominal value of loans in microcredit and the factors that drive long … microfinance institution. Analysis is performed using an OLS regression model.The results confirm positive and significant impacts … gender.Contrary to general belief that microcredit is targeted to the “poorest of the poor”, a new market segment in …

Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … is currently the largest and fastest growing microfinance program in the developing world, has been aggressively promoted … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and …

We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability …

loans made under FDIC guarantee would only require interest at the risk-free rate. Thus the loan takers could offer the … banks and impose rate premiums based on each bank's indigenous risk. With these reforms, some very costly imperfections of … hazard and high risk and set the foundation for better disciplined, safer, and more cost-efficient banking. …

In this paper, we characterize explicitly the first derivative of the Value at Risk and the Expected Shortfall with … example in order to illustrate the impact of netting agreements in credit risk management. We further provide nonparametric …