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The Role Regulators Play in Closing the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap: A Case Study of Costa Rica
This case study explores the steps being taken in Costa Rica to increase women's financial inclusion.
Gender Policy and Practice: Self-Assessments of Microfinance and Enterprise Development Organizations in Latin America
Examining MFI's commitment to gender equity and women's empowerment
Institutional Transformation to Create Linkages that Enhance Rural Access to Financial Services: The Case of the Fundación Integral Campesina (FINCA) in Costa Rica
Importance of organizational flexibility for successful inter-institutional linkages
Housing Microfinance: Policy Recommendations for Sida's Programs
This paper discusses the lessons learnt from Sida's global experience in housing microfinance
Agricultural Credit Card Innovation: the Case of Financiera Trisan
Can a credit card used for agricultural input suppliers and rural producers be replicated?
Imperfect Information, Social Capital and The Poor's Access to Credit
Microfinance institutions gained success through the trust and mutual support of their field workers
Financiera Trisan: An Agricultural Credit Card Innovator
Has the Credit Card program been successful in Costa Rica?
Money Matters: Reaching Women Microentrepreneurs With Financial Services
This study hopes to contribute to designing better responses to women microentrepreneurs' demand by helping to create more efficient and viable institutions providing them with useful financial services into the twenty-first century and beyond.
Group Credit: A Means to Improve Information Transfer and Loan Repayment Performance
Does group credit system overcome problems of asymmetric information?