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Essays on Banking for Micro and Small Enterprises
Schrader, Jan Peter - 2009
countries after an aggregate income shock. The analysis is based on a data set in which the customer data of the microfinance … microfinance institution. The results support the hypothesis that especially transaction lending contributes to the problem of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476239
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Analysis of the Incentive Mechanisms of Individual and Group- Microlending Contracts
Vigenina, Denitsa - 2004
borrowing groups of the microfinance institutions Constanta (Georgia) and FORA (Russia), this study describes to what extent … individual lending mechanism - based on the experience of 130 borrowers of the Microfinance Bank of Georgia – shows that there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460736
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The impact of subsidies on microfinance
Langton, Jonathan - 2006
In the next ten years, society will spend $20 billion U.S. on Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Previous research on … underlying motives of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and subsidy providers as this has an intrinsic bearing on any result they … are attempting to achieve. I have attempted to shed light on a significant failure of the microfinance movement to date …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484626
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Framework for assessing financial literacy and superannuation investment choice decisions
Gallery, Natalie; Newton, Cameron J.; Palm, Chrisann T. - 2011
There is a worldwide trend towards rapidly growing defined contribution pension funds in terms of assets and membership, and the choices available to individuals. This has shifted the decision making responsibility to fund members for managing the investment of their retirement savings. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438269
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Framework for assessing financial literacy and superannuation investment choice decisions
Gallery, Natalie; Newton, Cameron J.; Palm, Chrisann T. - 2011
There is a worldwide trend towards rapidly growing defined contribution pension funds in terms of assets and membership, and the choices available to individuals. This has shifted the decisionmaking responsibility to fund members for managing the investment of their retirement savings. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438370
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Financial Literacy
Mitchell, Ramona - University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy … - 2008
Examining committee:Michael Hibbard, chair
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447349
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Weathering the Storm: Tax as a Component of Financial Capability
Chardon, Toni - 2011
In a time of global economic uncertainty, maintaining a financial environment where consumers are protected from risk and continue to have opportunities to create wealth should be critical for governments, business and administrators. A financially capable population could therefore be the key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457373
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Framework for Assessing Financial Literacy and Superannuation Investment Choice Decisions
Gallery, Natalie; Newton, Cameron; Palm, Chrisann - 2011
There is a worldwide trend towards rapidly growing defined contribution pension funds in terms of assets and membership, and the choices available to individuals. This has shifted the decisionmaking responsibility to fund members for managing the investment of their retirement savings. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457554
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Financial literacy : an interface between financial information and decision-makers in organisations
Gouws, D.G.; Shuttleworth, C.C. - 2009
Individuals' decisions and subsequent actions flow from their understanding of the surroundings in which they operate. In order to facilitate economic and financial sustainability, individuals need the cognitive ability to understand financial information in the context of these surroundings....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457777