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Microfinance for Poverty Alleviation : Do Transnational Initiatives Overlook Fundamental Questions of Competition and Intermediation?

Arp, Frithjof - 2018

Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate … community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to microfinance funding. In this policy-oriented article we aggregate findings … from two studies in Indonesia that help explain why moneylending can still thrive when low-interest microfinance is widely …

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Digital doorstep banking : female banking agents lead digital financial inclusion through the pandemic and beyond

Pinto, Alreena Renita; Arora, Amit - 2021

This paper discusses the business correspondent (BC)-agent banking model in India against the backdrop of community-based rural livelihood programs, its relevance in facilitating financial inclusion in underserved rural geographies, and its potential to address the gender gap in financial...

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Service quality and the moderating effect of Shari'ah perception on client satisfaction : a comparison of Islamic and conventional microfinance in Pakistan

Khan, Sarah; Akhter, Waheed - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-20

Microfinance is an emerging concept which is improving the socioeconomic status of customers. This study assesses … customer satisfaction of clients of Islamic and conventional microfinance providers using a sample of 578 clients i.e. 289 from … each side. Akhuwat and Kashf (Islamic microfinance) and RCDS and DAMEN (conventional microfinance) are selected. The …

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Shocks, Changes in Outreach and Lending Technologies in Microfinance: The Bolivian Experience

Leiton Quiroga, Jorge G. M. - Instituto de Investigaciones Socio Económicas (IISEC), … - 2006

The Bolivian evidence shows that microfinance lending technologies are well designed to cope with different kinds of …. Certainly, different microfinance technologies developed in Bolivia have shown good performance in terms of outreach and …

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On the role of gender and age in the use of digital financial services in Zimbabwe

Chamboko, Richard - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 10 (2022) 3, pp. 1-15

Women and youth in developing countries remain unserved or underserved by formal financial services. The rise of digital financial services (DFS), including mobile money, provides a promise to accelerate financial and economic inclusion to these population segments. As a result, both academic...

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On the predictors of loan utilization and delinquency among microfinance borrowers in Zimbabwe : a Poisson regression approach

Chamboko, Richard; Guvuriro, Sevias - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are a prominent financial inclusion initiative in many developing countries. In … Zimbabwe, however, less is known about microfinance borrowers, determinants of loan utilisation and borrowers’ repayment … investigated the factors associated with the utilisation of microfinance loans and delinquency among microfinance borrowers using …

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Can people trust what they don't understand? : role of language and trust for financial inclusion

Nagańska, Aleksandra; Cichocki, Stanisław - In: Central European economic journal 9 (2022) 56, pp. 132-157

hypothesis that linguistic diversity is a strong instrument for the impact of the lack of communication on trust. Applying …

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Is Microcredit Targeted to Poor People? Evidences from a Cambodian Microfinance Institution

Lanzavecchia, Alberto - 2012

This study extends research on the social performance of microfinance institutions. The research methodology is based … Cambodian microfinance institution's loan portfolio. Dataset has been directly collected through in-house interviews. Main … at sustainable results. Here comes a call for a triple bottom line performance evaluation on microfinance institutions …

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A Social Performance Analysis of Italian Microfinance

Botti, Fabrizio; Corsi, Marcella - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2010

Donna in 2008 for the European Microfinance Network (EMN) Survey 2006-2007. Key features and client profiles of Italian … whole process of translating MFIs mission into social impact and includes the analysis of several connected dimensions of …

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European Microfinance Institutions and Information and Communication Technologies: An Empirical Qualitative Investigation in the French Context

Jawadi, Fredj; Jawadi, Nabila; Dechamps, Virginie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

The development of microfinance programs in Europe has increased due to the establishment of a large number of small … conditions of microfinance development. In addition, technological factors consisting of advances in information and … communication technologies have contributed to the expansion of microfinance institution (MFI) activities among European citizens …

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