has seen exceptional growth since its introduction by mobile phone operator Safaricom in Kenya in March 2007: it has … already been adopted by 14 million customers (corresponding to 68 percent of Kenya’s adult population) and processes more … sets of factors: (i) preexisting country conditions that made Kenya a conducive environment for a successful mobile money …

microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Kenya still face major challenges with efficiently and effectively delivering microfinance …Although microfinance has played a significant role in providing a wide range of financial products and services, many … greatly undermined the capabilities of MFIs to efficiently operate their services and expand their various microfinance …

inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa? Focusing on Kenya, this paper uses Global Positioning System (GPS) data to investigate the … is formally banked and that despite the significant expansion of the bank branch network in Kenya (2006-2009), the … is found to support the hypothesis that mobile banking in Kenya is overcoming the tyranny of distance to bank …

IEMS Faculty Associate Prof. Sujata Visaria and colleagues explore how microfinance programmes can be fine-tuned to …

. Findings – Lenders who run the caisses populaires are not class or race biased; they understand how to make microfinance assist … structured to be socially inclusive. In fact, black microfinance lenders, as well as whitened local elites and foreigners, have a … socially conscious philosophy of using microfinance as a vehicle to ensure economic democracy for the masses. In doing this …

</titre> An increasing number of works on microfinance mention the social responsibility of private, public or mixed … organizations which deliver microfinance services. Their social responsibility has to be understood as a supply of financial … organization and program for their customers and their users, but also for the others actors of the microfinance sector they enter …

have to be reduced. Financial inclusion is an important priority and restrictions on microfinance should be avoided. The …'inclusion financière revêt une importance prioritaire et les restrictions relatives à la microfinance devraient être évitées. Il est …

governing the microfinance sector and client protection is also crucial for improving financial inclusion in Sri Lanka. Much …