The microfinance industry carries every sign of an innovation in its take-off phase. The various aspects of the … microfinance innovation were developed in the 1980's, twenty years later the industry experiences a phenomenal growth rate, and it … has diffused to most developing countries in the world. This review paper looks at microfinance as an entrepreneurial …

around an aggressive foray into provision of Microfinance is more likely to fail, than to succeed. The Microfinance strategy … any supply-side or income multiplier effect from Microfinance, and there is not arrival at any beneficial transformation …, which does not reside in purview of Microfinance, there is not arrival at any meaningful economic development. The study …

The existing theoretical analysis of microfinance focuses on the nature of the loan contract such as group liability … generation' debates in microfinance. Our analysis helps explain a number puzzles in microfinance such as (i) high repayment rates …

Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate … community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to microfinance funding. In this policy-oriented article we aggregate findings … from two studies in Indonesia that help explain why moneylending can still thrive when low-interest microfinance is widely …

smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome …

It is common to see the interest rate on savings in community-managed microfinance being reported as "20-30% annually …

traditional social mission of microfinance – outreach to the poor. We also address whether the way ownership is organised and … practiced affects the costs of microfinance delivery. Based on a disaggregated 107 sample microfinance providers in Ethiopia … contradictory objectives. Microfinance providers that are closer to the best practicing cost frontier are those with higher average …

Growing commercialization and competition in microfinance drives the focus of micro lenders from outreach per se to … microfinance – outreach to the poor. In places where credit markets are inefficient, attaining financial sustainability while … ability of cost containment often varies by lending terms and organizational forms. Using disaggregated data of microfinance …

the Performance Microfinance Banks in Cane Enhancing and its Impact on Sugar Industry of Sindh. Data was collected from … grow. The government and Microfinance banks should focus on promotion and paid participation in agricultural activities …

Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate … community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to microfinance funding. In this policy-oriented article we aggregate findings … from two studies in Indonesia that help explain why moneylending can still thrive when low-interest microfinance is widely …