Microfinance
- Why Chinese farmers choose informal financial associations more than formal financial institutions
- Y. Yuan; Y. Hu; P. Gao / AgEcon Search, 2011
- Informal credit markets are very active in China. This paper investigates farmers' borrowings in China from both formal and informal sources with higher/lower interest, by looking into both demand and supply of loan. In this context, ...
- Microfinance institutions in Malawi
- E.W. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2002
- Microfinance has been one of the strategies for poverty alleviation in developing countries. This paper attempts to take stock of the microfinance or micro credit revolution in Malawi, including assessment of factors of success and fa...
- Women’s participation in microfinance changing gender relations in Afghanistan
- S. Zand / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2010
- This case study is a part of a larger study that explores women’s participation in different development programmes and projects in Afghanistan. The current paper looks at women’s participation in a microfinance (MF) progr...
- India Post
- Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
- Using India Post to increase banking services for the poor
- India Post, 2010
- The India Post network has over 155,000 branches - twice as many as the outreach of all commercial banks in India put together. This Report, produced by an inter-ministerial committee on financial inclusion, recommends that India Post...
- Effective service delivery to women in remote rural areas in Peru
- Pro Mujer, 2010
- Pro Mujer is an organisation in Latin America supporting women with loans, healthcare and training. This is the first of a new series called: Product Innovation Notes, communicating lessons from their New Markets project. This issue r...
- Pro Mujer
- Women's development and microfinance organisation in Latin America
- Access to credit not necessarily a determinant of poverty reduction
- A. Diagne; M. Zeller / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
- Poor rural households in developing countries lack adequate access to credit services. Because the poor do not meet the traditional criteria for borrowing, financial institutions perceived them as bad credit risks. More recently, deve...
- Can microcredit for women tackle poverty in the EU?
- Women in Development Europe, 2009
- What are the positive and negative impacts of microcredit on women and what role they can play in tackling poverty in the European Union? This report from a one day workshop considers whether microcredit can really lead to women&rsquo...
- Inequality in economic growth
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2009
- Long-standing inequalities in the gender distribution of economic and financial resources have placed women at a disadvantage relative to men in their capability to participate in, contribute to and benefit from broader processes of d...
- Why Chinese farmers choose informal financial associations more than formal financial institutions
- Y. Yuan; Y. Hu; P. Gao / AgEcon Search, 2011
- Informal credit markets are very active in China. This paper investigates farmers' borrowings in China from both formal and informal sources with higher/lower interest, by looking into both demand and supply of loan. In this context, ...
- Microfinance institutions in Malawi
- E.W. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2002
- Microfinance has been one of the strategies for poverty alleviation in developing countries. This paper attempts to take stock of the microfinance or micro credit revolution in Malawi, including assessment of factors of success and fa...
- Women’s participation in microfinance changing gender relations in Afghanistan
- S. Zand / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2010
- This case study is a part of a larger study that explores women’s participation in different development programmes and projects in Afghanistan. The current paper looks at women’s participation in a microfinance (MF) progr...
- Using India Post to increase banking services for the poor
- India Post, 2010
- The India Post network has over 155,000 branches - twice as many as the outreach of all commercial banks in India put together. This Report, produced by an inter-ministerial committee on financial inclusion, recommends that India Post...
- Effective service delivery to women in remote rural areas in Peru
- Pro Mujer, 2010
- Pro Mujer is an organisation in Latin America supporting women with loans, healthcare and training. This is the first of a new series called: Product Innovation Notes, communicating lessons from their New Markets project. This issue r...
- Access to credit not necessarily a determinant of poverty reduction
- A. Diagne; M. Zeller / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
- Poor rural households in developing countries lack adequate access to credit services. Because the poor do not meet the traditional criteria for borrowing, financial institutions perceived them as bad credit risks. More recently, deve...
- Can microcredit for women tackle poverty in the EU?
- Women in Development Europe, 2009
- What are the positive and negative impacts of microcredit on women and what role they can play in tackling poverty in the European Union? This report from a one day workshop considers whether microcredit can really lead to women&rsquo...
- Inequality in economic growth
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2009
- Long-standing inequalities in the gender distribution of economic and financial resources have placed women at a disadvantage relative to men in their capability to participate in, contribute to and benefit from broader processes of d...
- Tools for evaluating NGO impact in the area of savings and credit
- NGO Impact on Development, Empowerment and Actions, 2007
- The NGO-IDEAS impact tool box was developed to support NGOs working in the area of savings and credit, in the context of South India. The approach is based on some principles that can applied in other contexts. The tool box gives...
- An overview of Islamic microfinance and challenges to its growth
- M. Tarazi; X. Reille / Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2008
- Islamic microfinance has the potential to expand access to finance to unprecedented levels throughout the Muslim world where a large majority of people do not use formal financial services. Even where services are available, some peop...
- 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
