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Access to Microfinance: Does it Matter for Profit Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Farmers in Bangladesh?

Sumelius, John; Islam, K.M. Zahidul; Sipilainen, Timo - 2011

This paper measures profit efficiency and examines the effect of access to microfinance on theperformance of rice firms … models. After effectively correcting forselectivity bias, the mean profit efficiency of the microfinance borrowers and non …

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THE COST STRUCTURE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

Hartarska, Valentina; Caudill, Steven B.; Gropper, Daniel M. - 2006

Microfinance institutions are important, particularly in developing countries, because they expand the frontier of …

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Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Lup, Dana - 2004

Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition and development, there has been little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in...

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Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns

de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2007

This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in SriLankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower returns...

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What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Lup, Dana - 2004

Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition, there has been rather little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477143

Optimal strategies for the development of microfinance in Korea and the impact of microfinance

Yoon, Youngeun - 2010

This paper mainly focuses on finding optimal strategies for the development of microfinance in Korea and on predicting … the impact of microfinance in the future.First, this paper reviews and assesses the impact of microfinance in Korea. I … microfinance is needed in Korea. Although the Korean economy has made great strides, the difference in the income between the poor …

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The Relative Cost Efficiencies of Commercial Banks, Rural Financial Institutions, and Microfinance Institutions in China

Wu, Ya; Escalante, Cesar L.; Gunter, Lewell F. - 2010

commercial banks, rural financial institutions and microfinance institutions in China. The first pairwise comparison indicated …

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Loan Allocation within Group Lending: New Evidence From Self-Help Group Program in South India

Goto, Jun - 2010

Microfinance (MF) has attracted growing attention as a means of improving financial access. Reflecting the enthusiasm …

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THE MICROENTERPRISE PROMISE: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOWINCOME INDIVIDUALS IN EUGENE, OREGON AND ADJACENT RURAL COMMUNITIES

Macias del Villar, Sandra - 2008

Microfinance is dedicated to the provision of financial services to low-incomeindividuals including women, minorities … (MDP) in the United States have provided a variety of microfinance services tomany low-income urban and, primarily, rural …

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Assisting entrepreneurs : challenges facing U.S. microcredit programs into the 21st century

Beighle, James D. - 1999

Microcredit programs are widely employed as poverty elimination and economic development tools by a growing number of U.S. nonprofit organizations. This paper is an examination of U.S. microcredit programs' organizational operations, their strengths and weaknesses, and their ability to...

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