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The role of awareness in predicting the intention of microfinance entrepreneurs to buy microinsurance services in Yemen [PDF]

open access: yesInnovative Marketing, 2022
The study looks into the role of microinsurance awareness in predicting microfinance entrepreneurs’ intentions to purchase microinsurance in Yemen.
Elham Alzain, Ali Saleh Alshebami
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Microfinance

open access: yes, 2019
This encyclopedia entry briefly describes the growing discipline of microfinance development, exploring its history and rationale, alongside some of its challenges and the critiques leveled against it.
Lindy Backues (7307399)
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Loan Appraisal Protocol for Effective Microfinance Portfolio in Tanzania

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Finance, 2020
This paper attempts to determine the effects of loan application appraisal on microfinance institutions' portfolio performance in Tanzania. The study utilizes a random sampling method and ordinary least square regression model on 219 microfinance ...
Danstun B. Ngonyani
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The Macroeconomics of Microfinance [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN 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

open access: yesJournal 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

open access: yesInternational 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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Multivariate regression analysis of prime variables affecting ophthalmic patients’ satisfaction in a resource limited economy

open access: yesHealthcare 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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Impact of capital structure on performance of microfinance institutions

open access: yesBusiness 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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Impact of Microfinance on Women Empowerment with Moderating Roles of Education and Age: Empirical Evidence from Egypt [PDF]

open access: yesالمجلة العربية للإدارة
The 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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Securitization: An Alternative Funding Mechanism for the Microfinance Institutions [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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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