The paper delves to estimate microfinance demand, supply and its mismatch in India in general and Assam in particular … some complementary reports on microfinance. The study shows that microfinance demand has shown a trend of increasing growth … for India as well as Assam and stands its candidature as a potential matured market in future. The supply of microfinance …

This paper investigates performance drivers of microfinance suppliers in Europe. As such suppliers, in contrast to … advanced microfinance suppliers in developing economies, typically focus on uncollateralized microcredit services to … the role that social capital may play in the overall performance of European microfinance suppliers. We build a unique …

microcredit is exceptionally relevant in designing appropriate microfinance institution (MFI) financial products and policy. Using …

Microfinance has evolved as an economic development approach intended to benefit low-income people. The term refers to … microfinance sustainability as a necessary precondition for the stability and permanence of the financial system. Sustainable … microfinance models demonstrate that formal institutions can deliver services profitably at the local level, challenging the …

This article grapples with the causes of India's microfinance crisis. By contrasting Bangladesh's highly successful … Grameen model with the allegedly “universalizable” version of India's SKS Microfinance (which precipitated the crisis), trust … — as the essential element accounting for the early success of microfinance. It is argued that the microfinance experience …

Microfinance, the provision of small size loans and other financial services to low income households, is often seen as … experience in microfinance provision in both Asia and Latin America, but as yet relatively little use of the approach in China …. This paper assesses different approaches to microfinance delivery using a threefold distinction, the credit union approach …

This paper analyzes a database of over 18,000 women micro-finance clients of the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation …