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EIF SME access to finance index ; 2019, July
Torfs, Wouter - 2019
This EIF Working Paper elaborates on the most recent update2 of the EIF SME Access to Finance (ESAF) Index, a composite … indicator that monitors SME external financing markets in the 28 EU countries. The ESAF was developed by EIF in collaboration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012036907
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EIF SME access to finance index ; 2018, June
Torfs, Wouter - 2018
This EIF Working Paper elaborates on the most recent update of the EIF SME Access to Finance (ESAF) Index, a composite … indicator used to monitor SME external financing markets in the 28 EU countries. The current update, using latest available data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859472
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EIF SME access to finance index ; 2018, [January]
Gvetadze, Salome; Kraemer-Eis, Helmut; Lang, Frank; … - 2018
This EIF Working Paper outlines the methodology underlying the new EIF SME Access to Finance (ESAF) Index. This newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859726
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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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European small business finance outlook ; 2022, November 2022
Kraemer-Eis, Helmut; Botsari, Antonia; Gvetadze, Salome; … - 2022
current inflationary environment, the war in Ukraine and the aftermath of the pandemic on the SME financing environment. The … publication first discusses the general market environment and then covers the markets for SME equity and debt products. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247194
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The role of formal, informal, and family credit in the business performance of young entrepreneurs in Benin
Nadege, Djossou Gbetoton; Novignon, Jacob; Bénédicte, … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290468
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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