Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of Islamic microfinance on poor households through the case of the … authors’ knowledge, it is the first research that examines the only Islamic microfinance program in Turkey. Second, it uses … longitudinal data while examining the impact of Islamic microfinance on the welfare of the poor. In the relevant literature, no …

Purpose This paper aims to identify the intersection between Islamic microfinance (MF) (IsMF) and Takaful in high …

microfinance activities and ensure effective corporate governance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Considering the limited … provisions must be robust and fit for purpose to ensure the microfinance initiative in emerging economies achieves the objectives …

end of microfinance and the impact of formal prudential regulation on FNGOs providing microfinance services. The Bank of … is appropriate for FNGOs operating within the microfinance sector. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical evidence … regulation. The BOG does not have adequate staffing and funding to supervise and monitor the microfinance activities of FNGOs …

Purpose – The paper aims to better understand why borrowers do not sanction one another in group-lending microfinance … complemented by ethnographic fieldwork of an NGO in the region. Findings – The paper confirms the relevance to microfinance of … how it affects microfinance.  …

. Findings – Lenders who run the caisses populaires are not class or race biased; they understand how to make microfinance assist … structured to be socially inclusive. In fact, black microfinance lenders, as well as whitened local elites and foreigners, have a … socially conscious philosophy of using microfinance as a vehicle to ensure economic democracy for the masses. In doing this …

-taking behaviour and financial service outreach of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Design/methodology/approach – In this cross …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate causal link between social capital and microfinance by testing the … understand the impact mechanism of social capital on microfinance participation. Findings – Participation in local organizations … microfinance participation. This result provides support to the argument that grouping all the dimensions of social capital into …