Displaying 221 - 230 of 434
Paper

Moving from Microcredit to Livelihood Finance

How can MFIs address the livelihood credit and savings needs in rural India?
Paper

Reflection in a Distant Mirror: Why the West Has Misperceived the Grameen Bank's Vision of Microcredit

Assessing the Grameen Bank model for economic development and poverty reduction
Paper

Empowerment of Microcredit Participants and its Spillover Effects: Evidence from the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh

Examining impact of microcredit on borrowers' non-economic activities
Paper

Bringing More Dead Capital to Life

Can movable property serve as collateral?
Paper

Credit Elasticities in Less-developed Economies: Implications for Microcredit

The study tests demand for microcredit using data from a field experiment in South Africa
Case Study

Five Cents a Day: Innovative Programs for Reaching the Destitute With Microcredit

Evaluates the socio-economic impact of Grameen Bank's poverty alleviation interventions
Paper

The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of Hybrid Maize in Malawi: An Empirical Test of an Agricultural Household Model Under Credit Market Failure

Does access to credit affect the adoption of technology in credit constrained households?
Paper

Assortative Matching, Adverse Selection, and Group Lending

Explaining the success of group lending programs
Case Study

Transaction Costs in Group Micro Credit in India: Case Studies of Three Microfinance Institutions

How can lower transaction costs reduce MFI lending costs in a sustainable manner?