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5 articles found for keyword search: +microfinance +institutions

  • Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Thailand

    Wittawat Hemtanon and Christopher Gan
    Microfinance programs play a vital role in poverty alleviation in developing countries; however, most microfinance institutions (MFIs) face the challenge of maintaining financial sustainability. While several studies have investigated factors affecting MFI financial sustainability, only a few focus...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)

  • Sustainability and Governance of Microfinance Institutions: Recent Experiences and Some Lessons for Southeast Asia

    Ganesh Thapa
    Microfinance has become an important tool for poverty reduction in many parts of the world, including Asia and the Pacific region. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) target the poor through innovative approaches which include group lending, progressive lending, regular repayment schedules, and...
    Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006)

  • Commercialization and Mission Drift in Microfinance: Implications for Rural India

    Kaustav K. Sarkar and Rukmini Thapa
    The emergence of microfinance has been justified as a measure to occupy the empty space that was created with the retreat of formal banking as part of structural and neoliberal reforms for rural India in post-1990s. Worldwide, although the microfinance institution (MFI) has been flouted to provide...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 1 (June 2020)

  • Managing Microfinance Risks: Some Observations and Suggestions

    Nimal A. Fernando
    Risk is an integral part of financial intermediation. Hence, risk management must be at the heart of finance. However, it is disturbing to note that systematic risk management is still not as widespread as it should be in the microfinance industry. Except for a few flagship microfinance institutions...
    Volume 4 Issue No. 2 (December 2007)

  • Overcoming Obstacles to Agricultural Microfinance: Looking at Broader Issues

    Gilberto M. Llanto
    This paper presents a general picture of the difficulties in developing a sustainable lending service geared toward smallholder agriculture. Drawing on the experiences of the Philippines and other countries, it traces the rethinking of the agricultural credit policy following the collapse of...
    Volume 4 Issue No. 2 (December 2007)

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