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Understanding the business environment in South Asia : evidence from firm-level surveys

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

This paper examines the relationship between firm performance and growth and the business environment in the countries of the South Asia Region -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka -- using firm-level data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys....

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DETERMINANTS de la pauvreté et genre des bénéficiaires de microfinance au Mali

Koloma, Yaya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … microfinance program could involve a reduction in the poverty gap between men and women beneficiaries. …

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TARGETING THE POOR VERSUS FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND EXTERNAL FUNDING: EVIDENCE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA

ANNIM, SAMUEL KOBINA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 17 (2012) 03, pp. 1250016-1

This study tests the hypotheses that: (i) formal microfinance institutions (MFIs) using their own mobilized financial … clients and non-clients from Ghana, we revisit the microfinance argument of serving poorer clients and sustainability, and in … harmonization of microfinance interventions, irrespective of the source of funds. …

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Leçons d'innovation sociale des micro-angels

Ashta, Arvind; Estapé-Dubreuil, Glòria; Hédou, … - HAL - 2012

Les micro-entrepreneurs peuvent accroître leur capacité à s'endetter en prenant en même temps des participations, respectant ainsi des ratios de prudence et réduisant le stress. La micro-prise de participation a démarré en France en 1983 sous l'impulsion d'un mouvement socialement...

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Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia

Alatas, Vivi; Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G; … - eSocialSciences - 2012

A unique data-set from Indonesia is analysed to understand what individuals know about the income distribution in their village to test theories such as Jackson and Rogers (2007) that link information aggregation in networks to the structure of the network. The observed patterns are consistent...

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Small customers, big market : commercial banks in microfinance

Harper, Malcolm (contributor) - 2005

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Micro-credit, poverty and empowerment : linking the triad

Burra, Neera (contributor) - 2005

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Marketing at the bottom of the pyramid: service quality sensitivity of captive microfinance borrowers

Jose, Saju; Robert Buchanan, F. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 30 (2013) 7, pp. 573-582

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to survey the working poor who are microfinance borrowers, examining their … loadings and reliabilities. Findings – Customer dissatisfaction with the microfinance product, lack of commitment from lender … the firm's agents convey low CSR. Microfinance customers were sensitive to customer service. Service quality was also …

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Corporate governance and internal controls over financial reporting in Ugandan MFIs

Nalukenge, Irene; Tauringana, Ven; Mpeera Ntayi, Joseph - In: Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 7 (2017) 3, pp. 294-317

over financial reporting (ICFR) of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach This study was … and Association of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU) membership are significant predictors of the ICFR. However …

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Microfinance accountability in Cameroon: a cure or a curse for poverty alleviation?

Akanga, Fidelis Kedju - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 13 (2017) 1, pp. 112-130

practices existing in Cameroon microfinance institutions (MFIs) and explore how such practices have evolved and … institutionalised within the microfinance sector in Cameroon through time. Design/methodology/approach This study is designed to … investigate if the institutionalised accountability practices within the microfinance sector in Cameroon are a cure or a curse for …

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