trials of microfinance offerings (Morduch 1998; Ferrari 2008; Hoque 2008). Financial dealings within this context are known … to be complex (Matin, Hulme et al. 1999; Rutherford 2002) and, despite the rapid growth of microfinance, these financial …

results into the real microcredit world.Next, this paper outlines the impact of microfinance on the income level of the poor …This paper mainly focuses on finding optimal strategies for the development of microfinance in Korea and on predicting … the impact of microfinance in the future.First, this paper reviews and assesses the impact of microfinance in Korea. I …

how microcredit can provide access to hope. This paper explores the impact of world poverty on the world’s poorest of the …Microcredit, or small, short-term loans to the very poor, can help to bring about wholesale changes not only in … the community in a myriad of other ways. The core concept of microcredit was built upon the belief that credit is a …

utilizes a comparative case study of two social entrepreneurship models, microconsignment and microcredit, to systematically …

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Uncertainty of continued donor funding poses a risk to microfinance operations worldwide, and … thisstudy explores the circumstances under which African microfinance institutions (MFIs) will considercommercial funding as a … capital by MFIs fordevelopment and poverty reduction using commercialisation as an option. In a world awash inprivate capital …

Using an econometric approach on panel data collected from 53 microfinance institutions(MFIs) in Uganda over a period … credit co-operative (SACCO) compared to being a privatecompany, effectiveness of governance, the age of an MFI, the ratio of …

growth and poverty alleviation. Microfinance is seen as one of the effective tools that can address poverty alleviation by …The level of poverty in Namibia is relatively high. Access to finance is cited as one of factors hampering economic … engaging the poor in sustainable economic activities. Microfinance services have existed in Namibia since the late 1990s, yet …

In the microfinance discourse, sustainability can relate to organisational, managerial and financial aspects. However … approach), and being agents of poverty-alleviation (through the welfarist approach). Analysing the mixed fortunes of the five …

This paper measures profit efficiency and examines the effect of access to microfinance on theperformance of rice firms … models. After effectively correcting forselectivity bias, the mean profit efficiency of the microfinance borrowers and non …

service and evaluate the impact of offering the service for micro-savers of a rural bank in the Philippines. Of 137 …