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How flexible repayment schedules affect credit risk in agricultural microfinance
Weber, Ron; Mußhoff, Oliver; Petrick, Martin - 2014
Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution in Madagascar, this paper investigates how the … provision of microfinance loans with (in)flexible repayment schedules affects loan delinquencies of agricultural borrowers …
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Rural transformation, inequality, and the origins of microfinance
Süße, Marvin; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2019
factors shaping the market entry of rural microfinance institutions across time and space. We provide empirical evidence for …
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Village funds and access to finance in rural Thailand
Menkhoff, Lukas; Ornsiri Rungruxsirivorn - 2009
This paper examines whether recently introduced village fundsʺ, one of the largest microfinance programs ever … ; microfinance ; credit constraint ; Thailand ; Asia …
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CASHPOR Micro Credit : Short-Term Credit for Village Entrepreneurs
Dwivedi, Amit Kumar - 2016
CASHPOR Micro-Credit (CMC) is providing micro-credit on a large scale exclusively to poor in the poverty-incapacitated areas of eastern region of Uttar-Pradesh. CASHPOR was started in 1996 and as on 31st march, 2009 it has provided credit worth INR 1.82 billion to 319,000 poor women.This case...
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Financial literacy and sustainability of rural microfinance : the mediating effect of governance
Atahau, Apriani Dorkas Rambu; Sakti, Imanuel Madea; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-29
This research aims to examine the mediating role of microfinance governance in the relationship between financial … literacy and microfinance sustainability. The research used the purposive sampling method to collect data from the Women … literacy plays an important role in the transformation of rural microfinance institutions (MFIs). Financial literacy works …
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Improving credit access for the food and agriculture sector through enhanced implementation of existing policies and new strategies
Teves, Gary B. - 2014
For several decades, the government has sought to develop the agriculture sector through programs like agrarian reform, agricultural modernization and rural finance, but farmers and fisherfolk remain to be the poorest sector in the Philippines. This paper seeks to explore ways to improve small...
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Social capital and its influence on rural credit market
Daruge, Fernando Perrini; Lima, Roberto Arruda de Souza - 2010
This study analyses the relationship between social capital accumulation and the amount of rural credit market contracts of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The most important definitions of social capital found on literature and the main ways of creation and measure this variable were reported....
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Recovery performance of primary agriculture credit societies in India : an assessment
Mazumder, Rabin; Chakravarty, Chandrasekhar; Bhandari, … - 2014
Agricultural credit is one of the most crucial inputs in all agricultural development programmes. Access of rural credit has still remained scarce in India. Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) working at grass-root level, having direct contact with the rural people and meet their...
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Why does caste still influence access to agricultural credit?
Kumar, Sunil Mitra - 2016
In India, caste shapes access to a variety of resources and outcomes mainly through its influence on inter-generational prosperity, but also the linked phenomenon of discrimination. This paper examines whether caste-based differences in access to formal agricultural loans reflect discrimination...
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Incentive Mechanisms, Loan Decisions and Credit Rationing : A Framed Field Experiment on China's Responsibility System for Rural Credit
Cao, Jessica (Ying) - 2013
Incentive mechanisms are important attributes to financial decision-making. A framed field experiment was conducted to test loan decision behaviors. It showed that lenders' risk-aversion and behavioral responses resulted in credit rationing under certain incentive schemes. In the experiment,...
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