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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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