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Finance - growth nexus and banking efficiency : The impact of microfinance institutions
Abrar, Afsheen; Hasan, Iftekhar; Kabir, Rezaul - 2021
This paper investigates the relative importance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) at both the macro (financial …
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Can an Agenda for Economic Development Be Premised on an Aggressive Program Built around Microfinance?
Obrimah, Oghenovo A. - 2019
metrics, `impacts' of Microfinance programs around the world are more directly comparable … 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 …
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Financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Sarpong, Bernard; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
This paper empirically examines the quantitative relationship between financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa using a panel of 46 countries for the period 2004–2018. The evidence suggests that usage of financial services, among other covariates, has a quantifiable and...
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Chapter 71. Access to Finance
Karlan, Dean; Morduch, Jonathan - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4703-4784). 2010
Expanding access to financial services holds the promise to help reduce poverty and spur economic development. But, as a practical matter, commercial banks have faced challenges expanding access to poor and low-income households in developing economies, and nonprofits have had limited reach. We...
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Microfinance Institutional Growth : How Driven Forces Impact Their Financial Integration?
Kendo, Sandra - 2016
This article analyses the growth of microfinance by examining how some driven forces heighten more or less their … financial integration. Three main driven forces identify: agency costs, financial development and trade-off in microfinance. The … author samples 542 microfinance institutions. Quantile regression applies to analyze difference effects. The results first …
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A comparative analysis of the effect of aid and microfinance on growth
Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz; Chasco Yrigoyen, Coro; … - In: Canadian journal of development studies 36 (2015) 1, pp. 72-88
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The performance of microfinance institutions : do macro conditions matter?
Hermes, Niels; Meesters, Aljar - In: Handbook of microfinance, (pp. 173-201). 2011
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What do we know about microfinance at macro glance?
Alimukhamedova, Nargiza; Hanousek, Jan - 2015
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Finance-growth nexus and banking efficiency : the impact of microfinance institutions
Abrar, Afsheen; Hasan, Iftekhar; Kabir, Rezaul - In: Journal of economics & business 114 (2021), pp. 1-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807041
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Foreign aid and the quest for poverty reduction : is aid to agriculture effective?
Kayalıca, M. Özgür; Kaya, Ilker; Gunter, Lewell F. - In: Journal of agricultural economics 64 (2013) 3, pp. 583-596
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