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Bangladeshi microfinance institution that launched the Long Term Savings commitment product in 2009. First, we find that …
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A key problem facing microlenders is the high level of information asymmetry between them and their borrowers. In this paper, we analyze whether the relationship intensity between microlenders and borrowers helps to overcome existing information asymmetries and how this impacts access to credit...
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This paper aims to compare the changes in different socio-economic factors SHGs Women and Non- SHGs Women. Three main dimensions had been assessed in this paper i.e. loan analysis, savings pattern and empowerment. We found that SHGs women have higher score in Average Women Empowerment Index than...
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econometric results. We show that women are heavily indebted, first and foremost to informal sources, alongside microcredit. While … terms of policy implications, these results put into question the specific targeting of women by microcredit policies …
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Imperfect capital markets and commitment problems impede lumpy human capital investments. Labeled loans have been … model, providing novel evidence that labeled microcredit is effective in influencing household borrowing and investment …
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We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study …
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microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact through the effect of microcredit availability on families’ decisions to …Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of … invest in their children’s education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit …
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We exploit novel data collected within a randomized controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014371964
Given the substantial amount of resources currently invested in microcredit programs, it is more important than ever to …
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Given the substantial amount of resources currently invested in microcredit programs, it is more important than ever to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069657