Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been successful in providing credit to millions of low-income borrowers in groups … examine microfinance interest rates and their determinants in order to understand how these rates might be lowered. Using high …

how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We …

how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We …

change. It is in this context that microfinance merits a closer look. This paper offers the first empirical assessment of the … linkages between microfinance supported activities and adaptation to climate change. Specifically, the lending portfolios of … the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries – Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to …