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Finance for the poor in demand: Who uses microfinance and why?

Ströh de Martínez, Christiane - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Hochschule für … - 2011

The paper adds to the debate on how far microfinance can contribute to poverty reduction and development. The recent … controversial discussion about microfinance as a development instrument is taken as a starting point. The paper starts with the … hypothesis that the prevalent notions and assumptions about the users of microfinance are behind the controversies. Hence, after …

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The contribution of the microfinance model to Bosnia's post-war reconstruction and development: How to destroy an economy and society without really trying

Bateman, Milford; Sinković, Dean; Škare, Marinko - Österreichische Forschungsstiftung für Internationale … - 2012

that the microfinance model has made an important net contribution to the economic and social recovery of post-war Bosnia …, actually shows that the microfinance model has made a distinctly negative contribution to Bosnia's reconstruction and … development effort. We argue, centrally, that the microfinance model has assisted the Bosnian economy to move to an unsustainable …

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Good governance in microcredit strategy for poverty reduction: Focus on Western Mindanao, Philippines

Moreno, Frede G. - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für …

microcredit program. The integration of good governance principles in microfinance is argued to have positive consequences in … be applied as implementation strategies of Official Development Assistance (ODA)-assisted microfinance program as a tool … and impact of microfinance in reducing the incidents of poverty in Third World countries such as the Philippines. As a …

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Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter?:

Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; Rashid, Shahidur; Borzaga, Carlos; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

Financial cooperatives and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are the two major sources of rural finance in Ethiopia …

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What Do We Know about Microfinance at Macro Glance?

Alimukhamedova, Nargiza; Hanousek, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

The majority of microfinance impact studies focus on finding their effect on a specific group of beneficiaries, in …-term evidence of a significant ability of microfinance to affect broader economies. Moreover, the impact and dynamics differ … substantially by macro-institutional environment; the microfinance effect is more pronounced in weaker environments. …

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Endogenous Fragility in Microfinance: Evidence from India

Gimet, Céline; Lagoarde-Segot, Thomas - In: Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li><li class="bullet">Microfinance and … Economic Development</li><li class="bullet">Indian Microfinance and the Impact of Commercialization</li><li class … name="title" value="Endogenous Fragility in Microfinance: Evidence from India)" type="hidden"> <input name="doi" value="10 …

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Microfinance as Cooperation between Private Property and Collective Action to Reconnect Consumption and Societal Development

Paranque, Bernard - In: Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li><li class="bullet">Fundamental Concepts</li><li class="bullet">The Cooperative Solution</li><li class="bullet">Community-created Brand Value</li><li class="bullet">Collective Action and Common Assets</li><li class="bullet">Cooperative, Employee-owned Organizations: Beyond Capital Accumulation</li><li class="bullet">Common Resources, Common Purposes: Managing Coordination</li><li class="bullet">Conclusions</li><li...</li></ul>

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Conclusions

Phan, Phillip H. - In: Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance

In this volume, the Author have turned their attentions to the descriptive and normative theories of microfinance as … research has focused on the purpose, structure, and effectiveness of microfinance institutions (mFIs) in poverty alleviation …

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The Extant Theoretical and Empirical Literature in Microfinance

Phan, Phillip H. - In: Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance

Microfinance</li><li class="bullet">Social Collateral and its Relationship to Microfinance</li><li class="bullet">Governance Issues … in Microfinance</li><li class="bullet">Policy Research on Microfinance Institutions</li><li class … Literature in Microfinance)" type="hidden"> <input name="doi" value="10.1142/9781783262991_0001" checked="checked" type="checkbox"> …

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The Microfinance Investment Horizon: Navigating between Social Mission and Profit Making

Eitzen, Hilda - In: Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance

Financial Crisis: mFIs and Microfinance Investment Vehicles (mIVs) Initially Offer Safe Haven</li><li class="bullet">Microfinance …="bullet">Overheated Microfinance Roads: Slowdown Ahead</li><li class="bullet">Working With Market Disruptions: Accion's Frontier Investments Group ….1142/9781783262991_0004" type="hidden"> <input name="title" value="The Microfinance Investment Horizon: Navigating between Social Mission and Profit …

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