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Role of Microfinance in Entrepreneurial Development in Low-Income Areas

Studies in Business and Economics
This study examines microfinance’s role in developing entrepreneurship in low-income areas. Entrepreneurship is one of the better ways to eradicate the most critical problems, such as poverty, income inequality, and unemployment.
Ullah Saif, Ali Mirza Raza, Sidiki Shehla Najeeb   +2 more
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The scope for policy reforms in rural microfinance [PDF]

This brief considers the scope for policy action in seven areas: (1) regulation of microfinance institutions, (2) provision of saving services, (3) product innovation, (4) organizational issues in microfinance, (5) poverty impact of microfinance, (6 ...
Sharma, Manohar
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Competition and Wide Outreach of Microfinance Institutions [PDF]

While the theoretical literature has found that intense competition leads to the poorest borrowers dropping out of the microfinance market, we do not possess sufficient research accumulated for empirical analysis in this field.
KAI, Hisako
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Microfinance as Business [PDF]

We analyze microfinance institutions (MFIs) as businesses, asking how some succeed in covering costs, earning returns, attracting capital, and scaling up. We draw on existing literature and interviews with industry players and academics. Key microfinance
David Roodman, Uzma Qureshi
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Can Microcredit and Job Under NREGS Jointly Bring More Happiness to the Villagers? [PDF]

This paper aims to investigate whether access to microfinance loan and job under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) have any significant impact to bring life satisfaction as well as happiness, an important well-being indicator to the ...
Kundu, AMIT
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Does Participation in Microfinance Programs Improve Household Incomes: Empirical Evidence From Makueni District, Kenya [PDF]

Although microfinance has elicited different reactions from different stakeholders, there seems to be a general agreement that it is useful in reducing poverty.
Kiiru, Joy M., Klaus, Flohberg, Mburu, John G.   +2 more
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Effects of Integrated Community-Based Care and Group Microfinance on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Adults Living With HIV in Western Kenya. [PDF]

J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care
O'Neill ET, Wachira J, Juma J, Mosong B, Kafu C, Wilson-Barthes M, Pastakia SD, Tran DN, Genberg BL, Galárraga O.   +9 more
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Mission Drift of large MFIs? [PDF]

Since the Mexican Microfinance Institution (MFI) Compartamos went public in 2007 – whereby promoting NGOs and private investors earned about USD 425 million – leading journals and magazines have repeatedly run rather sceptical articles about microfinance.
Ramana, N. V., Schmidt, Oliver
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How peer mechanism impacts loan repayment in a Self-help group?: An empirical study in India. [PDF]

PLoS One
Malhotra N.
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A framework for regulating microfinance institutions [PDF]

The continuum of institutions providing microfinance cannot develop fully without a regulatory environment conducive to their growth. Without such an environment, fragmentation and segmentation will continue to inhibit the institutional transformation of
Gallardo, Joselito, Randhawa, Bikki, van Greuning, Hennie   +2 more
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