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The Macroeconomics of Microfinance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 Abstract What is the aggregate and distributional impact of microfinance? To answer this question, we develop a quantitative macroeconomic framework of entrepreneurship and financial frictions in which microfinance is modelled as guaranteed small-size loans. We discipline and validate our model using recent empirical evaluations of small-
Francisco J. Buera +2 more
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Factors Affecting the Acceptability of Islamic Micro-Finance in Emerging Economy
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2021 Purpose: Microfinance institutions impose a very high interest rate only to enhance the wealth of owner of the institution and stockholders. However, Islamic microfinance is the opposite of traditional microfinance; it is a form of interest-free ...
Muhammad Akbar Ali Ansari +3 more
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Investigating the Rural and Entrepreneurial Development through Microfinance
International Research Journal of Business Studies, 2022 Microfinance has been evolving to be a decisive factor in poverty reduction, rural and entrepreneurial development. This research aims to find out the impact of microfinance on rural/socio-economic development and entrepreneurial skill development ...
Zahoor Ahmad Parray +3 more
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Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2014 The aim of the present study was to appraise prime dependent variables of ophthalmic patients’ satisfaction in a Nigerian public eye care facility with a view to boosting service uptake. It was a cross sectional study conducted between March and May 2012
Emmanuel Olu Megbelayin, Jacob Sackey
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Oeconomia Copernicana, 2013 Microfinance is often considered as the most useful and effective tool in the fight against global poverty. Moreover, microfinance can be used to support the development of self-employment and micro-enterprises in European countries. It has a double impact: an economic impact as it allows the creation of income generating activities and a social impact
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Impact of Microfinance on Women Empowerment with Moderating Roles of Education and Age: Empirical Evidence from Egypt [PDF]
المجلة العربية للإدارةThe aim of this research is to investigate the influence of Microfinance on Women Empowerment with Moderating Roles of Education and Age in Egypt.
Hassan Abdelfatah Said +2 more
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Impact of capital structure on performance of microfinance institutions
Business Review, 2022 Microfinance institutions play a crucial role in poverty alleviation and provide financial services to low-income households. Microfinance growth rate is quite high in Asia but an undesirable development has been achieved due to high borrowing cost ...
Rukhsana Bibi +2 more
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Securitization: An Alternative Funding Mechanism for the Microfinance Institutions [PDF]
Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship, 2018 Despite microfinance has been widely appreciated as an informal financial mechanism to provide financial services to the poor people in developing countries, this sector is still lacking behind in fulfilling the demand gap due to the dearth of adequate ...
Shahadat Hossain, Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
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Islamic Microfinance and Women Entrepreneurial Success: Mediating Role of Human Capital
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 2022 Purpose: This paper examines Islamic microfinance impeding sustainable women’s entrepreneurial performance in South Punjab, Pakistan. Further, we examine whether human capital mediates the relationship between variables Design/Methodology/Approach ...
Muhammad Zahir Faridi +2 more
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Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2010 This paper investigates investment performance of microfinance investment funds. The examined funds have recorded lower total risk than global stocks and bonds (measured by four benchmark indices) with moderate but stable returns. The analysis revealed that investment in microfinance investment funds that focus especially on debt instruments represents
Janda, Karel, Svárovská, Barbora
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