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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Microfinance institutions (MFIs)"”.
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Financial sustainability of rural microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Tanzania
An enduring problem facing microfinance institutions is how to attain financial sustainability. Several studies have been conducted to determine the factors affecting financial sustainability of microfinance institutions using large and well developed MFIs in various countries. However, no such …
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Corporate Governance and Performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs): A Comparative Study in Sri Lanka and India
… on financial performance and outreach of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Sri Lanka and India. Guidance and principles developed from prior research which has predominantly focussed on corporate governance relating to corporations in mature financial markets may not be efficacious. …
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The Effects of Grameen-Model Microfinance Institutions and Self-Help Group Microfinance on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Rural India
… road to equality is economic empowerment through microfinance. Economic empowerment consists of an increase in savings, income, ownership of property or a microenterprise, and access to social services and training. I compile studies of two most common types of microfinance models used in India in …
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Invisible helping hands : how can capital markets access the poor and promote entrepreneurial spirits? : an analysis of international microfinance investment potential and a proposal for securitization in a microfinance global pool
… grants and soft loans have been utilized by many microfinance institutions (MFIs) to support their operations. However, such grants and loans, already of limited size and availability, are becoming harder to access as the pool of global MFIs grows. Another option for MFIs is tapping international …
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Competition Between Microfinance Institutions and the Formal Banking Sector
Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) lend to impoverished communities with the goal of spurring increases in income, consumption, business activity, and decision making power. My research looks at how the formal banking sector responds to MFI branch entry. I use data from a randomized control study …
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Using micro-finance services to support climate change adaptation among small-scale farmers : identifying opportunities and challenges in southern Mozambique
Microfinance organisations represent a potential opportunity to promote adaptation of smallholder farmers. Without access to credit, this group of farmers has few opportunities to invest in adequate technologies and practices required to respond to climate variability and change. In this context, …
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Growth of Indian microfinance : a case-study-based review of trends and challenges
The microfinance industry in India experienced extraordinary evolution throughout the 1990s and into the new century, and it is now entering a new phase of rapid expansion. But there is still a huge gap between the demand for and supply of microfinance services in India. With its enormous …
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Identifying antecedents of marketing orientation of microfinance institutions in Ghana : the case study of microfinance companies
… as a challenge afflicting billions of people. Microfinance is seen as a means of alleviating extreme poverty through supporting low income customers, micro enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using microfinance products to ameliorate risks associated with the poor. Modern …
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Factors Determining Loan Repayment in Microfinance Institutions: The Case of Dar Es Salaam Clients
Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) are important for poverty reduction and creation of employment opportunity in developing countries including Tanzania. MFIs in Tanzania have suffered challenges on loan repayment problems and consequently decreasing employment levels and cash flows problems in …
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The impact of Financial Regulations to the Financial Sustainability of Micro- Financial Institutions in Tanzania: a case study of Morogoro municipality.
… regulations on financial sustainability of microfinance institutions in Tanzania using the case study of Morogoro Municipality. Specifically To identify the extent the MFIs financial regulation on the financial sustainability of MFI’s in Tanzania, to assess the influence of MFIs financial …
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The Contribution of Microfinance Institutions to Poverty Reduction at South District In Zanzibar
… of this study was to assess the contributions of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Zanzibar and determine their effectiveness in reducing poverty. The problem behind this study was that, there was no adequate MFI’s contribution to SMEs in Zanzibar. The study used a mixed methods approach in data …
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Towards sustainable microfinance: The case of Capitec Bank and Grameen Bank
… investigates the level of sustainability of two microfinance institutions (MFIs): Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and Capitec Bank of South Africa. Data from 2004 to 2013 is used in this study employing internationally accepted sustainability criteria, namely, the Small Enterprise Education and …
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Essays on financial market regulatory frameworks and financial inclusion
… with particular focus on non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs). The study explored a key policy dilemma: while regulation aims to enhance consumer protection and financial stability, it can also restrict access to credit for lower-income households and …
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Joint use of poverty scoring and credit scoring: advantages and limitations of a new technique for socially oriented and sustainability-minded microfinance institutions
Financial institutions face adverse selection, in which risky borrowers are more likely to seek and take up loans. When interest rates increase, adverse selection rises, often disproportionately. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), which generally operate with higher interest rates, are more exposed …
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Secure property rights and access to small enterprises' (SEs) credit: a comparative study of Ghana and England
… only to the universal banks (UBs) and not the microfinance institutions (MFIs). That said, the possession of registered property title was not found to influence the loan terms that businesses are offered neither was there evidence that it guarantees access to credit. Even though in England the …
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Institutional Logics and the Double Bottom Line: A Study of Chikum Microfinance Bank Limited
<p>Microfinance institutions (MFIs) serve a social mission, while also having to focus on financial sustainability. Microfinance emerged as an alternative to traditional aid to the poor and aims to help alleviate poverty through providing them with financial services. MFIs can be self-sustainable …
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Risk management in microfinance : identities, perceptions, behaviours and interests of microfinance stakeholders in Plateau State, Nigeria
Studies on microfinance risk management in Nigeria are inclined to quantitative analysis of risk based on business and accounting principles without recourse to understanding and interpreting meanings from the lived experiences of relevant stakeholders. This thesis is an in-depth study of the …
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Enhancing entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka: the provision of business development services (BDS) by microfinance institutions to support the self-sufficiency of microenterprises
… especially during the start-up phase. Microfinance initiatives in the form of micro credit and business development services (BDS) are recognised as helping such firms to address these challenges as the provision of finance and support in the development of key skills can facilitate …
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Why are microcredit interest rates in sub-Saharan Africa so persistently high? Testing the predictions of theoretical models
The microfinance industry is progressing towards becoming a core of financial inclusion in the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region. Despite the recent growth of microfinance in the SSA, that industry is seemingly characterised by high lending rates. Those high rates have become a hotly debated topic …
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Pathways Out of Poverty: How Microfinance Can Revolutionize U.S. Foreign Aid to the Developing World.
… best understood by those who live with it daily. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) that are deeply connected to the poor, are able to rapidly respond to their changing needs. These needs in turn are responses to the challenges of poverty. For an MFI, these challenges involve understanding what …
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