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Using a large dataset of US investors and their portfolio startups, we analyze the phenomenon of micro VC investors, that is, VC firms managing funds smaller than $50 million. We show that investments by micro VCs have increased at a much steeper rate than those by traditional VCs during...
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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Financial Theories and Their Relevance in Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 3: Impact of Recent Financial Inclusion Schemes on Status of Financial inclusion in India: Secondary Data Analysis -- Chapter 4 Socio-Economic Conditions and Pattern of Access and...
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With remittances to the developing countries reaching USD 251 billion in 2007, there has been a recent surge of interest to understand the effective channelization of this flow of remittances for providing a variety of financial services desirable to the poor households in the receiving regions,...
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Poverty in third world (TW) countries is a serious problem, and microcredit has become the most popular approach to address this undesirable phenomenon. This model, perceived more than a quarter century ago in Bangladesh, is now being pursued around the globe. In spite of this enormous...
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access to micro‐credit. Research limitations/implications – Considering the sample size and research context, the … in other studies on other contexts. Practical implications – This paper posits that the lack of access to credit promotes … prompted these microenterpreneurs into venturing to alternative sources of credit in the form of “Women August Meetings”. The …
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Poverty in third world (TW) countries is a serious problem, and microcredit has become the most popular approach to address this undesirable phenomenon. This model, perceived more than a quarter century ago in Bangladesh, is now being pursued around the globe. In spite of this enormous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805221
Reviews the progress of the institutions relating to financing of the microenterprises. Proposes a participatory financing scheme as an alternative to the interest‐based lending scheme. Highlights the theoretical framework of the scheme and examines its practical performance. Opines that if...
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