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Business Capital for Microentrepreneurs: Providing Microloans

What progress has microcredit made in the United States?
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Joint-liability Loans Under Moral Hazard

Joint liability loans: according to the game theory
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Micro-Credit and Group Lending: The Collateral Effect

Does 'collateral effect' in a group-lending set-up lower lending risks?
Case Study

Impact of NGO Credit Programs on the Empowerment of Rural Women in Bangladesh: A Case of UTTARAN

Does micro-credit bring about women's empowerment?
Case Study

Participation and Sustainability in Social Projects: The Experience of the Local Development Program (PRODEL) in Nicaragua

Lowering the costs of construction through community participation
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Banks and Micro-lending: Support, Cooperation and Learning

Can banks effectively team up with micro-lending organizations?
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The Impact of Access to Credit on the Saving Behavior of Microentrepreneurs: Evidence from 3 Latin American Countries

Why shifting savings into deposit accounts benefits microentrepreneurs and financial markets
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Can Social Cohesion be Harnessed to Repair Market Failures? Evidence from Group Lending in Guatemala

Analyzing the effect of peer monitoring on borrowing group performance
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Does Social Capital Facilitate the Poor's Access to Credit? A Review of the Microeconomic Literature

This paper reports on the progress of the Social Capital Initiative