We examine how the geographical proximity to a new microfinance bank branch affects the use of bank accounts by low …. Our results suggest that microfinance banks can promote financial inclusion even in emerging markets which are well served …

Many consider microfinance as a tool for poverty decrease. Even more, especially in post-conflict countries such as … microfinance in Kosovo since the war ended, evaluating its effects in terms of overall poverty reduction and if microfinance … microfinance can provide its contribution on poverty reduction and better access to finance needed for startup micro …

discovered in 21st century to mitigate rural poverty in the world. Microfinance helps the poor to come out from many wicked …In recent times the term 'Microfinance' (MF) became a buzz word in the every corner of the world as well as in the … formulation of welfare programs by government. After hearing success stories in microfinance across the developing countries …

finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions …

. Cash Waqf based Microfinance meeting SDGs -- Chapter 7. Takaful funds meeting Cash Waqf requirements and SDGs -- Chapter 8 …

This paper uses household data to test whether microfinance institutions created by the Malawian government in the mid …-1990s under its Poverty Alleviation Programme crowded out access to informal loans. As in several recent studies, the paper … widespread microfinance programme has a negative and significant effect on borrowing from informal sources, reducing on average …

Microfinance is the provision of financial services to the financially excluded, usually the poor. We use literature … the poor. The hope that these services would lift them out of poverty had largely built the brand image of the sector …. However, the spread of consumer microcredit and uncontrolled growth of microfinance led to over-lending without adequate …

microcredits in Uzbekistan. Residents living closer to microfinance institutions are propensity score matched to those further away … using both household and village characteristics. Households located closer to microfinance institutions have larger …