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The more the better? : how collateral levels affect credit risk in agricultural microfinance
Müller, Kirsten; Mußhoff, Oliver; Weber, Ron - 2014
investigate determinants of credit risk for agricultural loans disbursed by a Microfinance Institution (MFI) in Azerbaijan. In … this context special attention is paid to repayment flexibility and the role of collaterals. MFIs are among the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349044
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The more the better? How collateral levels affect credit risk in agricultural microfinance
Müller, Kirsten; Musshoff, Oliver; Weber, Ron - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014
investigate determinants of credit risk for agricultural loans disbursed by a Microfinance Institution (MFI) in Azerbaijan. In … this context special attention is paid to repayment flexibility and the role of collaterals. MFIs are among the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010981855
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Self-selection into credit markets : evidence from agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - 2014
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010385235
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Famine, Finance, and Adjustment to Environmental Shock : Microcredit and the Great Famine in Ireland
Goodspeed, Tyler - 2014
less infected districts. Using annual reports of the Irish Loan Funds, I further find that access to microfinance credit … strongly correlated with non-demographic adjustment to blight. Districts with at least one active microfinance fund during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065041
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Self‐Selection into Credit Markets : Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori A. - 2015
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020442
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Savings groups reduce vulnerability, but have mixed effects on financial inclusion
Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Valdivia, J. Martín - 2020
microfinance lenders among the unbanked. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587506
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Impact evaluation of support to collective action for agricultural value chain development in Nepal
Raitzer, David A.; Batmunkh, Odbayar - 2022
Matching grant programs administered to agricultural groups and cooperatives have emerged as a means of helping smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome barriers to productive investment, and connect with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013207148
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Défis du financement agricole et rural, rôle pour la microfinance et implications pour les politiques publiques en Afrique subsaharienne. Pistes de recherche basées sur le cas du B...
Niyongazabo, Ephrem - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2008
microfinance dans le financement et la promotion de la petite entreprise agricole et rurale présentée comme le pilier de la … croissance économique. Cependant, malgré sa forte contribution, la microfinance est limitée dans ses apports. L’une des … mesure améliorer la contribution de la microfinance au financement agricole et rural au Burundi et dans quelle mesure les …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357834
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Collateral Free Lending with Risk-Contingent Credit for Agricultural Development
Turvey, Calum G. - 2015
This paper investigates a viable alternative to traditional credit products through the development of risk-contingent credit for operating loans and farm mortgages and applies the concept to agricultural loans for pulse crops in India. We analyze daily commodity spot prices and design risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038815
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Sustainability-Linked Loans
Guthrie, Graeme - 2022
This paper uses a real-options model of a farming operation to show how standard loan contracts create incentives for farmers to focus on short-term financial performance at the expense of the farm's long-term natural capital. These incentives are a manifestation of the debt overhang problem....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014239459