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The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2007: Legislative Brief
Sanyal, Kaushiki - eSocialSciences - 2007
While the Bill promotes the activities of MFOs, there are differing opinions on the cost efficiency of the MFO model. 􀂐 NABARD is designated as the regulator of the micro financial sector. However, its dual role as a key participant in the sector and the regulator could lead to conflict of...
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The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation)Bill 2007
Law, Ministry of - eSocialSciences - 2007
The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2007 seeks to promote the sector and regulate micro financial organisations (MFO). 􀂐 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) shall regulate the micro financial sector. 􀂐 The central government may establish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487553
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Social Business: A Step Toward Creating a New Economic and Social Order
Yunus, Mohammad - eSocialSciences - 2010
The concept of social business flows from a firm conviction that profit or benefit is not the only motivating factor for an entrepreneur and an entrepreneur can also be motivated by social goals and enjoy success. Social business, as advocated by the author, is essentially a non-loss,...
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Targeting the Poorest in Microfinance: Poverty Outreach of BDP Ultra Poor Programme
Sulaiman, Munshi; Barua, Proloy - eSocialSciences - 2006
microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within the existing microfinance …Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of … benefit from microfinance services. This study attempts to assess the targeting effectiveness of the BDP ultra poor programme …
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Impact Assessment of CFPR/TUP: A Descriptive Analysis Based on 2002-2005 Panel Data
Sulaiman, Munshi; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Prakash, Vivek A. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in this study could be analysed more deeply, but that is beyond the scope of this paper. Our goal here is to present a descriptive overview of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504571
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Distress Debt and Suicides among Agrarian Households: Findings from Three Villages in Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2008
The factors and process underlying agrarian distress in Kerala by undertaking the case studies of three villages situated in Wayanad and Idukki districts namely, Cherumad, Kappikkunnu and Upputhara. The impact of distress on household livelihoods and indebtedness and how they cope up with the...
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Matching for Credit: Risk and Diversification in Thai Microcredit Groups
Ahlin, Christian - eSocialSciences - 2010
How has the microcredit movement managed to push financial frontiers? In a context in which borrowers vary in … risk-matching and intra-group diversification of risk using data on Thai microcredit borrowing groups. We propose a non …-diversification results reveal a potentially negative aspect of voluntary group formation and point to limitations of microcredit groups as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500225
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Poverty targeting in public programs: A Comparison of Some Nonparametric Tests and their Application to Indian Microfinance
Dewan, Isha - eSocialSciences - 2008
pattern of programme participation. Our numerical simulations of data on household expenditures and membership of micro-credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699097
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Linking Banks and (Financial) Self Help Groups in India: An Assessment
Kropp, Erhard. W.; Suran, B. S. - eSocialSciences - 2006
A review of the progress and impact of the overall strategy for scaling up the SHG Bank Linkage Programme over the last decade. [Paper presented at the Seminar on SHG-bank Linkage Programme at New Delhi on 25th and 26th November 2002]
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Using Change Rankings to Understand Poverty Dynamics: Examining the Impact of CFPR/TUP from Community Perspective
Sulaiman, Munshi; Matin, Imran - eSocialSciences - 2006
Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use of an approach that relies on community based change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341817