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Gender and microinsurance
Leeuwen, I.W. van - International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684198
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Access to Finance
Karlan, Dean; Morduch, Jonathan - In: Handbook of Development Economics
Expanding access to financial services holds the promise to help reduce poverty and spur economic development. But, as a practical matter, commercial banks have faced challenges expanding access to poor and low-income households in developing economies, and nonprofits have had limited reach. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702973
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Microfinance and Microentrepreneurship: Case studies in social innovation
Ashta, Arvind - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
short cases to indicate how a social problem was addressed by a social innovation by entrepreneurial actions by microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723276
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Gender and microinsurance
van Leeuwen, van Leeuwen, I.W. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730588
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Building an Honest Microfinance Organization: Embezzlement and the Optimality of Rigid Repayment Schedules and Joint Liability
Jeon, Doh-Shin; Menicucci, Domenico - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2006
that a rigid contract is optimal when the audit cost is larger than gains from insurance. Our analysis explains rigid … borrowers' burden of respecting the rigid repayment schedules by providing them with partial insurance. However, the same … insurance can be provided by borrowers themselves under individual liability through a side-contract. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851343
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Informal micro-finance schemes : the case of funeral insurance in South Africa
Roth, Jimmy - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
finance a funeral. Compares and evaluates four types of funeral insurance providers: formal assistance insurers, formal … draws lessons for the formal insurance sector. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965789
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South African microinsurance case-study
Aliber, Michael - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003
by microfinance institutions and presents the results of a survey of the use of insurance by SMEs and the perceived risks …Presents an overview of the South African insurance industry and examines the extent to which for-profit insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966065
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The demand for risk-managing financial services in low-income communities : evidence from Zambia
Manje, Lemmy; Churchill, Craig - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002
Based on a survey of 275 clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Lusaka. Analyses the economic stresses to which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966483
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Microfinance strategies for HIV/AIDS mitigation and prevention in Sub- Saharan Africa
McDonagh, Amy - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001
Examines strategies microfinance institutions can use to help mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the institution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966887
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Micro-insurance in Burkina Faso
Aliber, Michael; Ido, Alitou - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002
Presents findings of field work on life, health and cattle insurance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966974