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Towards a Theory of Fair Interest Rates on Microcredit
Hudon, Marek; Sandberg, Joakim - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011
One of the most salient ethical debates concerning microcredit pertains to the unexpectedly high rates of interest charged on microloans. Microcredit is supposed to be to the advantage of borrowers in some of the poorest regions of the world, but at the same time commercial institutions need to...
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Fair interest rates when lending to the poor: Are fair prices derived from basic principles of justice?
Hudon, Marek - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2006
, at minimum, for socially-minded ones active on the microfinance markets. …
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Social justice with credits to the poor
Hudon, Marek - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2007
Fair prices have been recently addressed through debates on fair trade or fair wage. This paper addresses the fairness of credits to the poor. It first analyzes a few definitions of fair interest rates. It then determines the extent of the ‘just’ range of a price, its major constraints and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558889
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Subsidies and financial performances of the microfinance institutions: Does management matter?
Hudon, Marek - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2006
This paper uses a unique database from a leading microfinance rating agency to assess the impact of management on the … functioning of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It focuses on MFIs’ financial performance, and on the level of subsidies received …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558896
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Microfinance in post-disaster and post-conflict situations: Turning victims into shareholders
Hudon, Marek; Dieter Seibel, Hans - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2007
In recent years, large numbers of developing and transitional countries have ex¬peri¬enced situations of crisis, following political, economic or natural disasters, or total crisis, triggered by war or totalitarian oppression. The goal of this article is to study the role of member-owned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558929
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Use of donor funds in the financing of MFIs
Hudon, Marek - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2007
This paper focuses on the use of donor funds to finance MFIs. The role of donors in microfinance is rapidly evolving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005146700
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Governance and Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Central And Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States
Hartarska, Valentina - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
independence, and management compensation on outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions in Central and Eastern Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652536
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Do flexible repayment schedules improve the impact of microcredit? : evidence from a randomized evaluation in rural India
Czura, Kristina - 2015
Microcredit institutions typically apply rigid and fixed repayment schedules when disbursing loans in order to reduce transaction costs, simplify procedures, and inculcate fiscal discipline for better repayment behavior. Microcredit clients, however, often have neither smooth income nor singular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410584
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Microcredit and survival microenterprises : the role of market structure
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-25
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848150
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Microfinance and the decision to invest in children's education
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20
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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