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European Small Business Finance Outlook 2022
Kraemer-Eis, Helmut; Botsari, Antonia; Gvetadze, Salome; … - 2022
This working paper provides an overview of the main markets relevant to the EIF, thereby documenting the impact of the 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014282626
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Investing into microfinance investment funds
Janda, Karel; Svárovská, Barbora - 2009
This paper investigates investment performance of microfinance investment funds. The examined funds have recorded lower … revealed that investment in microfinance investment funds that focus especially on debt instruments represents an attractive … investors with a particular interest in the socially responsible aspect of investment into microfinance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322191
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Poverty and Access to Microfinance with Gender Dimension
Lamberte, Mario B.; Manlagnit, Ma. Chelo V. - 2003
This paper examines the development of microfinance market from the household perspective as it relates to poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429706
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Has the introduction of microfinance crowded-out informal loans in Malawi?
Disney, Richard; Fichera, Eleonora; Owens, Trudy - 2010
This paper uses household data to test whether microfinance institutions created by the Malawian government in the mid … widespread microfinance programme has a negative and significant effect on borrowing from informal sources, reducing on average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288489
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Republic of Belarus: Financial sector review and private sector financing
Gattini, Luca; Borysko, Sofia - 2018
The study assesses the macro-financial situation of Belarus. It analyses the Belarus financial sector, with a specific look at the banking sector. Moreover this study explores the private sector financing environment. In particular the study investigates the SMEs segment and looks at the needs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011948362
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Towards a single European market in asset management
Heinemann, Friedrich; Schröder, Michael; Schüler, Martin - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288127
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Fintech for good: Governance mechanisms for sustainable development
Pashang, Sep; Weber, Olaf - 2021
Financial technology (fintech) for good can help to achieve sustainable development through environmental, social and governance investing, and through financial inclusion initiatives to address the needs of underbanked and unbanked individuals. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565874
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Ethical vs. non-ethical - is there a difference? Analyzing performance of ethical and non-ethical investment fund
Lundberg, Linnéa; Novák, Jiří; Vikman, Maria - 2009
Ethical investments have become increasingly popular over the past years. Ethical funds restrict their investment based on environmental, social and/or ethical criteria. Prior research on the performance of ethical versus non-ethical funds yields mixed results. This paper investigates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322203
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Good Intentions Pave the Way to ... the Local Moneylender
Arnold, Lutz G.; Booker, Benedikt - 2012
. Microfinance programs should strive at preventing such consequences of bounded rationality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294724
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A General Equilibrium Analysis of Inflation and Microfinance in Developing Countries
Müller, Daniel - 2013
This paper analyses the welfare effects of microfinance and inflation in developing countries. Therefore, we introduce … microfinance institution induces peer monitoring, which in turn enables entrepreneurship. Our main result is that there exists an … inflation threshold beyond which entrepreneurship collapses. We show that inflation affects the impact of microfinance on social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390685