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Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution in Madagascar, this paper investigates how the … provision of microfinance loans with (in)flexible repayment schedules affects loan delinquencies of agricultural borrowers …
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factors shaping the market entry of rural microfinance institutions across time and space. We provide empirical evidence for …
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This paper examines whether recently introduced village fundsʺ, one of the largest microfinance programs ever … ; microfinance ; credit constraint ; Thailand ; Asia …
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For several decades, the government has sought to develop the agriculture sector through programs like agrarian reform, agricultural modernization and rural finance, but farmers and fisherfolk remain to be the poorest sector in the Philippines. This paper seeks to explore ways to improve small...
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credit has still remained scarce in India. Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) working at grass-root level, having … institution. The present study examines the recovery performance of rural credit given by PACS in six different regions of India … Bank of India in collaboration with State Governments. …
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In India, caste shapes access to a variety of resources and outcomes mainly through its influence on inter …
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This study analyses the relationship between social capital accumulation and the amount of rural credit market contracts of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The most important definitions of social capital found on literature and the main ways of creation and measure this variable were reported....
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Microfinance currently experiences a huge inflow of private investors and a surge in the use of market instruments …. This raises the question of what market equilibria in microfinance markets look like and which kinds of market failure tend … problems, but do not eliminate them. -- microfinance ; group lending ; enforcement …
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Microcredit, a financial tool providing uncollateralized loans to low-income individuals, has seen a shift from joint-liability … (JL) to individual liabil- ity (IL) lending models. This article tests a theory explaining this shift, focusing on …
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, especially for government programs like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in India. This study aims to provide empirical … first study to estimate the annual income effects of a government-run rural livelihoods program in India, and it shows …
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