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The critical success factors for commercialising microfinance instititions in Africa
Kiweu, Josephat Mboya - 2010
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Uncertainty of continued donor funding poses a risk to microfinance operations worldwide, and … thisstudy explores the circumstances under which African microfinance institutions (MFIs) will considercommercial funding as a … microfinance institutions grow, they increasingly findthemselves in need of additional capital to finance expansion of services to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442187
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The sustainability of microfinance in Mozambique
Cumbi, Gonqalo M. T. - 2011
In the microfinance discourse, sustainability can relate to organisational, managerial and financial aspects. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442267
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Remittances and Economic Development in India and Pakistan
Ballard, Roger - 2005
The document contains a chapter of a World Bank report on remittances, its development impact as well as future prospects. It was published in 2005. The articles originated in 2003 during a conference organized by the Department for International Development, IMF, and World Bank, in London.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468666
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Essays on Banking for Micro and Small Enterprises
Schrader, Jan Peter - 2009
countries after an aggregate income shock. The analysis is based on a data set in which the customer data of the microfinance … microfinance institution. The results support the hypothesis that especially transaction lending contributes to the problem of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476239
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Analysis of the Incentive Mechanisms of Individual and Group- Microlending Contracts
Vigenina, Denitsa - 2004
borrowing groups of the microfinance institutions Constanta (Georgia) and FORA (Russia), this study describes to what extent … individual lending mechanism - based on the experience of 130 borrowers of the Microfinance Bank of Georgia – shows that there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460736
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The impact of subsidies on microfinance
Langton, Jonathan - 2006
In the next ten years, society will spend $20 billion U.S. on Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Previous research on … underlying motives of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and subsidy providers as this has an intrinsic bearing on any result they … are attempting to achieve. I have attempted to shed light on a significant failure of the microfinance movement to date …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484626
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Migration, Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Reflections on Some South Asian Developments
Ballard, Roger - 2005
growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur … (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the 'Smart Aid' strategies which might facilitate more positive process of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468669
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Soziale Sicherung und informeller Sektor : Stand der theoretischen Diskussion und kritische Analyse der Situation in den arabischen Ländern unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kleinstversicherungsansatzes
Loewe, Markus - 2004
Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf begrenzte Erwerbsmöglichkeiten und geringe Einkommen zurückgeht. Große Teile der Bevölkerung verarmen auch deshalb immer wieder, weil sie keinen adäquaten Zugang zu...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476249
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Micro credit, empowerment and diversion of loan use
Vadakarasseril Anandan, Jameela - 2009
Service Society in Kerala, India. …Parallel session 7. Microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475946