diversification on bank risk-taking. Our results show that the relation between portfolio diversification and bank risk-taking is both … time a specific channel through which financial development, in the form of bank shareholders' diversification, affects the …

analyses the impact of these interest rate caps on microfinance institutions. Introducing the taxonomy of soft, mezzo and hard … instrument to distinguish between the different service levels and industry environments in which microfinance institutions … of the informal credit sector, and furthering the microfinance institution's mission drift. In Pt. V. we also show that …

This paper contributes to a growing body of literature on microfinance institutions, where the equilibrium between … European microfinance sector is scarce. In the current study, we intend to fill this knowledge gap. Specifically, using an … original dataset obtained from a survey conducted in 2016-2017 on 159 Microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in 38 European …

This paper contributes to a growing body of literature on microfinance institutions, where the equilibrium between … European microfinance sector is scarce. In the current study, we intend to fill this knowledge gap. Specifically, using an … original dataset obtained from a survey conducted in 2016-2017 on 159 Microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in 38 European …

neglected - economic and socio-cultural effects of the brain drain. Remittances of African migrants contribute considerably not …

Workers' remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the … main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus … investment motive. Finally, migrants' skills raise remittances, while a large informal economy in the sending country depresses …