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One of the most salient ethical debates concerning microcredit pertains to the unexpectedly high rates of interest charged on microloans. Microcredit is supposed to be to the advantage of borrowers in some of the poorest regions of the world, but at the same time commercial institutions need to...
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transactions for the poor. Under different assumptions on fairness in interest rate policies and the principles of justice as … described in A Theory of Justice (Rawsl, 1976), the paper determines the extent of the ‘just’ range of a price. Using the …, at minimum, for socially-minded ones active on the microfinance markets. …
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This paper focuses on the use of donor funds to finance MFIs. The role of donors in microfinance is rapidly evolving …
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This paper uses a unique database from a leading microfinance rating agency to assess the impact of management on the … functioning of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It focuses on MFIs’ financial performance, and on the level of subsidies received …
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In recent years, large numbers of developing and transitional countries have ex¬peri¬enced situations of crisis, following political, economic or natural disasters, or total crisis, triggered by war or totalitarian oppression. The goal of this article is to study the role of member-owned...
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Parmi les facteurs contingents du taux de remboursement des microcrédits, la responsabilité solidaire des emprunteurs est peu analysée dans les études empiriques. Grâce à la constitution d’une base de données originale, cet article s’attache à estimer l’impact des facteurs...
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Discussion on financial ethics increasingly includes the problem of exclusion of the poorer segments of society from the financial system and access to credit. This paper explores the ethical dimensions surrounding the concept of a human right to credit. If access to credit is directly...
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How do women leaders such as board members and top managers influence the social performance of organizations? This paper addresses the issue by exploiting a unique database released by a Senegalese network of 36 financial cooperatives sharing identical governance characteristics and placed...
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This paper studies how high-powered incentives may affect credit officers’ discriminatory practices in microfinance …
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In the microfinance industry the idea of “empowerment” is often valued as a means to encourage female emancipation from …
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