The current emphasis in the microfinance industry is a shift from donor-funded to commercially sustainable operations …. This article evaluates the impact of access to microloans from the Khushhali Bank — Pakistan's first and largest … microfinance bank which operates on commercial principles. Using primary data from a detailed household survey of nearly 3 …

banks in Pakistan. The sample consists of five scheduled microfinance banks and data ranging from 2008 to 2014, collected … the microfinance banks in Pakistan, as compared to the South Asian microfinance institutions, are facing a risky situation …This paper investigates the outreach, performance, and a trade-off between both outreach & performance of microfinance …

microfinance and MFIs are considered to be an effective mechanism for attaining the SDGs in Pakistan … equality are the distinctive goals among SDGs of UN. Considering the empirically tested impact of microfinance on women … empowerment in different regions of the world, this paper assesses the impact of microfinance on empowerment and poverty …

Microinsurance in Pakistan is still in its nascent stages. More than half of the current microinsurance policies in … effect in Pakistan are offered through the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), with the remainder provided in conjunction … with microcredit services offered by various microfinance institutions (MFIs), microfinance banks, nongovernment …

An attempt has been made to quantify the targeting of the microfinance and its economic impact on the borrowers. The … study has employed the Difference of the Difference Approach to find the net effect of microfinance by employing data … collected by Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. The study found that about 30 percent of the borrowers were poor, while 70 …

Microfinance is an emerging concept which is improving the socioeconomic status of customers. This study assesses … customer satisfaction of clients of Islamic and conventional microfinance providers using a sample of 578 clients i.e. 289 from … each side. Akhuwat and Kashf (Islamic microfinance) and RCDS and DAMEN (conventional microfinance) are selected. The …

Lahore district of Pakistan. A household level instrument that contains information on different dimensions of household …

Dilli Raj Khanal -- 3. Bangladesh – Dr Khondakar Moazzem -- 4. Pakistan – Dr Abid Suleri -- 5. Sri Lanka – Dr Saman Kelegama … and Mr Vishvanathan Subramaniam -- PART B: Related Issues of Importance in South Asia -- 6. Economic Growth and Employment … Employment Challenges – Prof Alakh N Sharma -- 9. Industrial Competitiveness and Sustainability: Role of S&T – Prof Lakhwinder …