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Serving the Poorest of the Poor : The Poverty Impact of the Khushhali Bank’s Microfinance Lending in Pakistan

Montgomery, Heather - 2011

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Financial inclusion, poverty, and income inequality in developing Asia

Park, Cyn-Young (contributor) - 2015

"Poverty and income inequality remain a stubborn challenge in Asia and the Pacific despite the region’s rapid economic … expansion in previous decades, which lifted millions out of poverty. Financial inclusion is often considered as a critical … between financial inclusion, poverty, and income inequality at the country level will help policymakers design and implement …

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Mission drift in microcredit and microfinance institution incentives

Biancini, Sara; Ettinger, David; Venet, Baptiste - 2017 - This version: January 2017

We analyze the relationship between Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and external donors, with the aim of contributing … to the debate on "mission drift" in microfinance. We assume that both the donor and the MFI are pro-poor, possibly at …

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Savings by and for the poor : a research review and agenda

Karlan, Dean; Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi; Zinman, Jonathan - 2014

The poor can and do save, but often use formal or informal instruments that have high risk, high cost, and limited functionality. This could lead to undersaving compared to a world without market or behavioural frictions. Undersaving can have important welfare consequences: variable consumption,...

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Financial permeation as a role of microfinance : has microfinance actually been helpful to the poor?

Inoue, Takeshi; Hamori, Shigeyuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

by three indicators related to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and then examine its effect on poverty reduction at the …This article is distinct in its application of the logit transformation to the poverty ratio for the purpose of … statistically significant and robust effect on decreasing the poverty ratio. …

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Lending a Hand : A Quantile Regression Analysis of Micro-Lending's Poverty Impact

Polk, Stephen W. - 2009

This paper analyzes a database of over 18,000 women micro-finance clients of the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation … (NWTF), a database using the Progress Out of Poverty (PPI) Scorecard as a measure of poverty. Analysis using both OLS and … measured poverty. Loan size, duration, and the economic activity supported all have strongly identifiable effects. Moreover …

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Local digital lending development and the incidence of deprivation in Kenya

Tetteh, Godsway Korku - In: Financial innovation : FIN 9 (2023) 1, pp. 1-26

In the developing world, vulnerable communities often lack access to regular income sources to cope with unforeseen events. Recent advancements in financial technology have enabled microcredit to be delivered via digital platforms. Although digital credit may quicken remote access to consumer...

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When Pro-Poor Microcredit Institutions Favor Richer Borrowers - A Moral Hazard Story

Biancini, Sara; Venet, Baptiste; Ettinger, David - 2021

We suggest an explanation for the existence of “mission drift”, the tendency for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013245624

Savings by and for the poor : a research review and agenda

Karlan, Dean; Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi; Zinman, Jonathan - 2013

The poor can and do save, but often use formal or informal instruments that have high risk, high cost, and sub-optimal design. This could lead to undersaving compared to a world without market or behavioral frictions. Undersaving has important welfare consequences: variable consumption, low...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009769238

Contesting Digital Finance for the Poor

Ozili, Peterson K - 2020

the turn from ‘microfinance for the poor' to ‘digital finance for the poor'. It then considers three key issues and …

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