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Governance and Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Central And Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States
Hartarska, Valentina - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
independence, and management compensation on outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions in Central and Eastern Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652536
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Do flexible repayment schedules improve the impact of microcredit? : evidence from a randomized evaluation in rural India
Czura, Kristina - 2015
Microcredit institutions typically apply rigid and fixed repayment schedules when disbursing loans in order to reduce transaction costs, simplify procedures, and inculcate fiscal discipline for better repayment behavior. Microcredit clients, however, often have neither smooth income nor singular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410584
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Microcredit and survival microenterprises : the role of market structure
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-25
. While microfinance is supposed to address this problem through the promotion of viable businesses, it has not been very … microfinance institutions (MFIs), there have been very few that look at market conditions as an input into the success of micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848150
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Microfinance and the decision to invest in children's education
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20
Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of … microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact through the effect of microcredit availability on families’ decisions to … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848456
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Why isn't there more financial intermediation in developing countries?
Conning, Jonathan; Kevane, Michael - 2002
This paper proposes to organize thinking about the opportunities for improving and extending financial markets and safety nets for the poor, by focusing on factors that may explain why the linkage of local financial networks and safety nets with the larger economy often fails or is incomplete....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279316
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Do flexible repayment schedules improve the impact of microcredit? Evidence from a randomized evaluation in rural India
Czura, Kristina - 2015
Microcredit institutions typically apply rigid and fixed repayment schedules when disbursing loans in order to reduce transaction costs, simplify procedures, and inculcate fiscal discipline for better repayment behavior. Microcredit clients, however, often have neither smooth income nor singular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011498370
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Self-selection into credit markets : evidence from agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - 2014
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010385235
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Famine, Finance, and Adjustment to Environmental Shock : Microcredit and the Great Famine in Ireland
Goodspeed, Tyler - 2014
less infected districts. Using annual reports of the Irish Loan Funds, I further find that access to microfinance credit … strongly correlated with non-demographic adjustment to blight. Districts with at least one active microfinance fund during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065041
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Self‐Selection into Credit Markets : Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori A. - 2015
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020442
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Savings groups reduce vulnerability, but have mixed effects on financial inclusion
Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Valdivia, J. Martín - 2020
microfinance lenders among the unbanked. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587506