, India, we find that "gung ho entrepreneurs" (GEs), households who were already running a business before microfinance …Can microcredit help unlock a poverty trap for some people by putting their businesses on a different trajectory? Could … facilitate escape from a poverty trap …

"This book explores the issue of whether microfinance institutions empower women has become a heated debate not only in …

informal market. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) that wish to increase their relevance for the poor are well advised to … so as to make a contribution to the alleviation of poverty ought to include checks on whether the MFI provides financial … products currently offered, and they can identify other poverty-oriented product innovations that can be easily implemented and …