. While microfinance is supposed to address this problem through the promotion of viable businesses, it has not been very … microfinance institutions (MFIs), there have been very few that look at market conditions as an input into the success of micro …

though they relax financing constraints. We relate this insight to the limited success of group-based microfinance in … loans ; social ties ; altruism ; peer-to-peer lending ; small business ; entrepreneurial finance ; microfinance ; missing …

The global microfinance movement is driven by the claim that once poor micro-entrepreneurs are provided access to … substantiate this claim. This paper reports on a field experiment conducted in Pakistan, in co-operation with Akhuwat microfinance … microfinance institutions in Pakistan. …

With maturity in the microfinance market in South Asia, it is observed that some microfinance members' needs grow … beyond the boundaries of traditional microfinance group loans. In addition, there are other small enterprises whose needs are … not met by microfinance institutions or commercial banks. It is important to address the financing needs of these firms …