The purpose of this chapter is to focus on how the use of microfinance schemes by persons with disabilities relates to …

time the microfinance community lacks information on disability issues. In this report we aim on closing the gap in … knowledge and culture between the disability- and the microfinance communities. We apply resource based theory to analyze when … microfinance institutions and the disabled population is probably the main hindrance for increased penetration of microcredit …

countries after an aggregate income shock. The analysis is based on a data set in which the customer data of the microfinance … institution ProCredit Ecuador is merged with the monthly data of seismic activity and explosions of the volcano Tungurahua in … Ecuador from 2001 to 2006. Results indicate that new clients are less likely to receive a loan after the shock, but old …