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Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance
Phan, Phillip (contributor) - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Microfinance is regarded as a lynchpin in private sector solutions to a host of complex social challenges, from child … research. Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance is a curated conversation from a comprehensive review of the …, public policy, and entrepreneurship. <br> <b>Contents:</b> <ul> <li>The Extant Theoretical and Empirical Literature in …
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Discrimination, social capital, and financial constraints : the case of Viet Nam
Pham, Tho; Talavera, Oleksandr - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between gender, social capital, and access to finance of micro, small, and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam. Our dataset is from the 2011, 2013, and 2015 waves of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey in Viet Nam. Using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628031
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Banking towards development: Evidence from the Spanish banking expansion plan
Arqué-Castells, Pere; Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2013
branch expansion and entrepreneurship in the wholesale and retail trade industries. To address the non-random allocation of …-set of over 2,000 Spanish municipalities, reveal that branch expansion had a strong positive impact on entrepreneurship. This …
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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in the CAREC landlocked economies : the case of the Kyrgyz Republic
Tilekeyev, Kanat - 2019
The paper discusses state, regulative framework, and recent developments in leveraging access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Kyrgyz Republic through global value chain (GVC) examples in the Kyrgyz Republic. Access to finance in the Kyrgyz Republic is...
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Do Women's Attitudes Matter in Acceptance of Islamic Microfinance? Evidence from Malaysia
Islam, Md Amirul; Salah Uddin, Muhammad; Thambiah, … - 2023
The study aims to investigate the factors pursuing the women entrepreneurs to accept Islamic microfinance (IMF) in … and Diffusion Theory to explain Islamic microfinance adoption. Using the structural equation model (SEM) with primary data …
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Microfinance Cuban Style : The New Financial Framework for the Cuban Non-State Sector
Vidal Alejandro, Pavel - 2019
implementing these changes. Using the results of a survey of non-state businesses, we look at the microfinance sector – the … Cuban finance from the perspective of a socialist economy in transition and compare it to microfinance elsewhere …
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Explaining Failures of Microfinance Institutions
Dorfleitner, Gregor - 2017
We empirically study the determinants of failures of microfinance institutions based on the CAMELS rating components … and microfinance-specific measures by applying probit regression techniques. Our findings confirm the capital adequacy (C … explaining factors of failures of microfinance institutions.Regarding microfinance-specific effects, there is a positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974054
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Women Self Help Groups – A Case Study of Kannad Block, Aurangabad District
Kashinath, Kshirsagar - 2016
Self-help Group is a small economically homogeneous and affinity group of rural poor which is voluntarily ready to contribute to a common fund to be lent to its members as per group decision, which works for group's solidarity, self group, awareness, social and economic empowerment through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000588
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An Empirical Study of Self-Helps Groups and Awareness of Group Members
Lokhande, M. A. - 2016
Self-help groups, as it evident from research studies, are instrumental in creating awareness and socio-economic development of group members and their families. The groups are formed and run on democratic principles. Generally, homogeneous groups of the same socio-economic background are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001392
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Financial and Social Sustainability in the European Microfinance Sector
Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia; Diriker, Damla; Landoni, Paolo; … - 2023
This paper contributes to a growing body of literature on microfinance institutions, where the equilibrium between … European microfinance sector is scarce. In the current study, we intend to fill this knowledge gap. Specifically, using an … original dataset obtained from a survey conducted in 2016-2017 on 159 Microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in 38 European …
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