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The determinants of interest rates in microbanks : age and scale

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

This study investigates the legitimacy of the relatively high interest rates charged by those microfinance institutions …

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The Determinants of Interest Rates in Microfinance : Age, Scale and Organisational Charter

Nwachukwu, Jacinta - 2018

This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...

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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance : age, scale and organisational charter

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - 2018

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Fintech For The Poor : Do Technological Failures Deter Financial Inclusion ?

Balasubramanian, Padmanabhan; Chandra, S V Ravi; … - 2021

We examine the impact of transaction failures on the working of a biometric-enabled payment system introduced in India …

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Financial inclusion, regulation, and education in Sri Lanka

Kelegama, Saman; Tilakaratna, Ganga - 2014

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

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How Does Debt Relief Impact Consumption? : Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Tantri, Prasanna L. - 2017

We investigate the impact of a large scale debt waiver program for small agricultural borrowers in India on the short …

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Innovative solutions to tap "Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises" (MSME) market : a way forward for Islamic banks

Hakeem, Muhammad Mohsin - In: Islamic economic studies 27 (2019) 1, pp. 38-52

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to indicate an innovative solution to address the financing issues faced by "Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises" (MSME) in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach - Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs) especially Islamic banks are competing for...

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Financial literacy promotes financial inclusion in both poor and rich countries

Grohmann, Antonia; Menkhoff, Lukas - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 41, pp. 399-407

For social and economic reasons, national economies benefit from the inclusion of as many people as possible in financial services. In a cross country study, the present study shows that financial literacy for the general population promotes financial inclusion. This relationship goes beyond the...

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Towards a plural history of microfinance

Copestake, James (contributor); … - 2015

India, before turning to the potential for a more inductive and plural account. A more plural history of microfinance …This paper is concerned with the recent history of microfinance, both for itself and as a case study of the evolution … applauded the successes of microfinance in expanding financial market opportunities; and a political economy critique that …

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Recent Developments in Financing and Bank Lending to the Non-financial Private Sector

Alves, Pana; Blanco, Roberto; Mayordomo, Sergio; … - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered the financing of the non-financial private sector. Financing of the self-employed and businesses has risen as a consequence of both the increase in demand, stemming from greater liquidity needs and from the perceived increase in refinancing risks,...

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