This paper gives the reader a tool to handle the current crisis faced by the microfinance industry in Andhra Pradesh …, India. Microfinance has gained importance in the Indian and the global economy. This paper highlights the reason for this … using region specific parameters. It further analyzes the gradual growth of the Indian microfinance industry in a …

This paper is the first to draw a global picture of worldwide microfinance equity by taking full advantage of daily … quoted prices. We revisit previous findings showing that investors should consider microfinance as a self-standing sector …. Our results are threefold: 1) Microfinance has become less risky and more closely correlated with the financial sector, 2 …