In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...

While in less developed and in transition economies microlending has become an efficient instrument for providing small and micro businesses with the necessary financial means, in industrialized countries, with highly developed banking systems, the existence and size of an uncovered demand for...

Die Europa-Universität Viadrina versteht sich als Brückenuniversität zwischen Polen und Deutschland; seit ihrer Gründung studieren dort polnische und deutsche Studierende gemeinsam. Wie gehen die Studierenden miteinander um, und welche Bedeutung hat die kulturelle Offenheit für die...