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enforcement is imperfect. Motivated by the microfinance industry’s move towards markets, we conduct an equilibrium analysis of …
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Groups and microfinance facilities are intended to produce a variety of economic, social and political outcomes … groups and microfinance schemes is strong, this article highlights the need to understand the context and existing … relationships within which community groups and microfinance services are situated, in order to identify important characteristics …
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In this article we suggest a new future for microfinance institutions (MFIs). In order to better serve the needs of the … definition of ‘microfinance’, true microfinance can be properly distinguished from other forms of financial activities. With … will also help to legitimize the microfinance industry. …
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institutions relied upon have their own problems. On the other hand, microfinance institutions (MFIs), given their widespread reach …
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The microfinance sector in Vietnam is appealing for study, due both to the type of institutions operating in it and its … and in some cases direct interviews with the different agents operating in the Vietnamese microfinance sector. Special …
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Bound by religious or moral beliefs of the participants, benevolent loan, Qard al-hasan, is an interest free loan in which only the return of the capital is required during the term of the loan. Lack of institutional investor participation, as well as high administrative fees, are some of the...
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Motivated by recent controversies surrounding the role of commercial lenders in microfinance, we analyze borrower …
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impact of Equity Bank—a leading private commercial bank focusing on microfinance—on the access to banking in Kenya. Unlike …
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microfinance to alleviate poverty in Pakistan its impacts, people satisfaction level and assess the future of it in Pakistan. An … association of attributes by 5% level of significance. Our analysis concluded that Islamic microfinance playing an important role …
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This paper examines the effects of group identity in the credit market. Exploiting the quasirandom assignment of first-time borrowers to loan officers of a large Albanian lender, we test for own-gender bias in the loan officer-borrower match. We find that borrowers pay on average 29 basis points...
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