interest of western banks in new models of finance, particularly Islamic finance and microfinance. This new trend is not only … primarily outlines that many elements of microfinance could be considered consistent with the broader goals of Islamic banking …

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 …

This book focuses on the achievements, current trends and further potential of microfinance to scale-up and serve many …, and to safeguard the synthesis between the financial and social dimension of sustainable microfinance. The book also sheds … debate on core values of microfinance, triggered by recent criticisms of an approach that was hailed as a panacea in the …

piracy is conducted. As Islam generally prohibits IPR piracy, a set of policy recommendations based on new institutional …

democratic. Hanusch takes issue with my results - and by inference with all past empirical results on the relation between Islam …. He establishes his conclusion by excluding the heartland of Islam from the estimation sample. For his estimates, Hanusch … in the heartland of Islam. …

areas than any other institution in Uganda. With minimum deposits of $6 and minimum loans of $30, access barriers are low … Uganda as a trust fund in 1983, it developed a strength in savings mobilization but performed poorly as a financial … the most successful financial intermediary in Uganda. This has made the bank the African flagship of rural and …

Uganda, where 85 % of the population live in rural areas, has experienced a rapid rise of rural and microfinance over … expansion of sustainable financial services to women is best achieved in Uganda not through women-only programs, but by a broad …-supported microfinance institutions (MFIs), through group lending up to a ceiling, have provided start-up finance, particularly for women …

The Uganda Microfinance Union (UMU) has become one of Uganda?s leading microfinance institutions. It began four years …