Microfinance
- Expanding microfinance in Latin America’s rural areas
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Rural finance has the potential to help poor people out of poverty, and Latin America has met that challenge in some unique ways.This Brief by discusses impacts of microfinance’s in rural areas, presenting evidence on rural pove...
- Latin America's institutional and regulatory innovations for microfinance growth
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Current microfinance sector performance is associated with the reforms of Latin American countries’ financial sectors that started at the end of the 1980s. Before the reforms, development of microfinance was constrained by an ov...
- Guide to microfinance in Latin America
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- There are some unique features of Latin America’s recent microfinance evolution, including innovations in regulations and technology, that may provide interesting lessons for other regions. Key lessons: ...
- Final Impact Evaluation of the Saving for Change Program in Mali, 2009-2012
- 2013
- Saving for Change (SfC) is a community savings group programme designed and implemented by Oxfam America, Freedom from Hunger, and the Strømme Foundation. SfC operates in 13 countries in West Africa, Latin America and Asia. ...
- Thailand’s government should open the microfinance sector to greater private sector participation
- K. Bird; K. Hattel; E. Sasaki / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of recent developments in poverty and income inequality in Thailand, summarising the government’s programs to address it, and highlighting the importance of microfinance sect...
- Evidence on microcredit for the ultra-poor: GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report
- B. Carter (ed) / Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2013
- There is a paucity of rigorous evidence on the impact of microcredit for the ultra-poor. Studies on microcredit do not tend to explore what, how and why different types of solutions work best for different types of clients. The availa...
- The effects of microfinance on household debt in rural India
- T.K. Sarangi (ed) / Eldis Document Store, 2012
- Over the past few years, a drastic change has occurred in the nature of financial services for the rural poor in India. Microfinance has witnessed an explosion in popularity, with the total number of people served by Microfinance Inst...
- Tanzanian microfinance institution overestimates agricultural credit risks
- R. Weber; O. Musshoff / AgEcon Search, 2012
- The commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Tanzania deserves special attention. This paper investigates whether Tanzanian agricultural firms have a different probability to get a loan and whether their loans are differently volu...
- Micro-credit intervention and its effects on empowerment of rural women: the BRAC experience
- 2009
- The study was designed to analyse rural women’s economic empowerment as the outcome of micro-credit interventions. The study was conducted in Shahjatpur and Jalalpur villages under Melandaha Upazila of Jamalpur District. A total...
- Insurance systems for the most vulnerable: Lessons from Malawi
- P. Suarez; J. Linnerooth-Bayer / Wiley Online Library, 2010
- Insurance instruments that provide economic security against droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and other weather extremes have emerged as an opportunity for developing countries to reduce their vulnerability to weather variability a...
- Expanding microfinance in Latin America’s rural areas
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Rural finance has the potential to help poor people out of poverty, and Latin America has met that challenge in some unique ways.This Brief by discusses impacts of microfinance’s in rural areas, presenting evidence on rural pove...
- Latin America's institutional and regulatory innovations for microfinance growth
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Current microfinance sector performance is associated with the reforms of Latin American countries’ financial sectors that started at the end of the 1980s. Before the reforms, development of microfinance was constrained by an ov...
- Guide to microfinance in Latin America
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- There are some unique features of Latin America’s recent microfinance evolution, including innovations in regulations and technology, that may provide interesting lessons for other regions. Key lessons: ...
- Final Impact Evaluation of the Saving for Change Program in Mali, 2009-2012
- 2013
- Saving for Change (SfC) is a community savings group programme designed and implemented by Oxfam America, Freedom from Hunger, and the Strømme Foundation. SfC operates in 13 countries in West Africa, Latin America and Asia. ...
- Thailand’s government should open the microfinance sector to greater private sector participation
- K. Bird; K. Hattel; E. Sasaki / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of recent developments in poverty and income inequality in Thailand, summarising the government’s programs to address it, and highlighting the importance of microfinance sect...
- Evidence on microcredit for the ultra-poor: GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report
- B. Carter (ed) / Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2013
- There is a paucity of rigorous evidence on the impact of microcredit for the ultra-poor. Studies on microcredit do not tend to explore what, how and why different types of solutions work best for different types of clients. The availa...
- The effects of microfinance on household debt in rural India
- T.K. Sarangi (ed) / Eldis Document Store, 2012
- Over the past few years, a drastic change has occurred in the nature of financial services for the rural poor in India. Microfinance has witnessed an explosion in popularity, with the total number of people served by Microfinance Inst...
- Tanzanian microfinance institution overestimates agricultural credit risks
- R. Weber; O. Musshoff / AgEcon Search, 2012
- The commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Tanzania deserves special attention. This paper investigates whether Tanzanian agricultural firms have a different probability to get a loan and whether their loans are differently volu...
- Micro-credit intervention and its effects on empowerment of rural women: the BRAC experience
- 2009
- The study was designed to analyse rural women’s economic empowerment as the outcome of micro-credit interventions. The study was conducted in Shahjatpur and Jalalpur villages under Melandaha Upazila of Jamalpur District. A total...
- Insurance systems for the most vulnerable: Lessons from Malawi
- P. Suarez; J. Linnerooth-Bayer / Wiley Online Library, 2010
- Insurance instruments that provide economic security against droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and other weather extremes have emerged as an opportunity for developing countries to reduce their vulnerability to weather variability a...
- India Post
- Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
- Pro Mujer
- Women's development and microfinance organisation in Latin America
- Global Information on MicroInsurance
- Resources and services for microinsurance
