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Micro-insurance in India : trends and strategies for further extension
Ahuja, Rajeev (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003005613
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The unfulfilled promise of microfinance in Kenya : the KDA experience
Osterloh, Sharon M. (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003403009
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Targeting credit through community members
Vera Cossío, Diego Alejandro - 2019
Limited borrower information may create targeting distortions in credit markets. Community-based lending programs may reduce these distortions by exploiting information transmitted in local networks, but connections may create asymmetries in power. This paper analyzes how local leaders balance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154414
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Mission drift in microcredit and microfinance institution incentives
Biancini, Sara; Ettinger, David; Venet, Baptiste - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712972
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Interest rates and implications for microfinance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Campion, Anita; Ekka, Rashmi Kiran; Wenner, Mark D. - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294486
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021
We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that – as long as the wife is involved in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801992
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2023
We exploit novel data collected within a randomized controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that — as long as the wife is involved in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014371964
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Assessing the role of microfinance in fostering adaptation to climate change
Agrawala, Shardul; Carraro, Maëlis - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732151
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Can self-help groups really be self-help?
Greaney, Brian; Kaboski, Joseph Paul; Van Leemput, Eva - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009735003
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The macroeconomics of microfinance
Buera, Francisco; Kaboski, Joseph Paul; Shin, Yongseok - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200911