This paper examines the development of microfinance market from the household perspective as it relates to poverty …

This paper extends the analysis on microfinance and poverty from the household perspective by focusing on the role of …

self-employed poor rarely have any formal training in business skills. However, a growing number of microfinance … also improved repayment and client retention rates for the microfinance institutions. Larger effects found for those that …

This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that … make it possible for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to reach a greater number of poor households on a sustainable basis … ensuring the proper functioning of markets. It points out government's pivotal role in system innovation because of the …

This paper explores the potential of microfinance in post-conflict economies, and speci-fically examines policy … requirements for suc-cessful microfinance operations, as outlined by the Microenterprises Best Practices Project. Political …

This paper discusses the so-called commercial approach to microfinance under economic and ethical aspects. It first … shows how microfinance has developed from a purely welfare-oriented activity to a commercially relevant line of banking … microfinance in the course of the last decade. As the author argues, this commercial approach is the only sound approach to adopt …

present estimates of this parameter derived from a randomized trial. The experiment was implemented by a consumer microfinance …