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Digital technologies are rapidly making inroads into all realms of human life and the microfinance sector is one such … inclusion. This paper explores how these mechanisms - innovation, inclusion and efficiency - have been integral to microfinance … operations in the past, and how innovations in digital technology may be yet another opportunity for microfinance institutions to …
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This study analyses the achievement of 32 Indian states and union territories in the inclusiveness of financial system, their relative position, major emerging trends and computes the rate of growth during a period of 2000-01 to 2016-17. The level of inclusion is determined using technique of...
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We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the respondent. Using household survey data from five states in India, we correct for selection bias to estimate a structural equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern...
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finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions …
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Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of … microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact through the effect of microcredit availability on families’ decisions to … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some …
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Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of … microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact through the effect of microcredit availability on families' decisions to … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996081
finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013812
The Microfinance industry has been severely affected by Covid-19. We provide detailed insights into how loan officers … pandemic. We use administrative records of an Indian Microfinance Institution and detailed panel survey data on performance …
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The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating … matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. …
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the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are … mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on …
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