Microfinance has its roots back in the 1970s. Mohammed Yunus has shaped this industry more than any other Microfinance pioneer. While working at the Chittagong University, Dr. Yunus has lent some money to poor women in the village of Jobra in Bangladesh, as an experiment. He was convinced that: “[…] the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of the tallest tree, but it is only inches tall. There is nothing
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study MFIs’ are recognized and acknowledged as vital and significant contributors to economic development, employment creation and technological development (mortis 2000). MFI have therefore been given great emphasis in recent times because they are considered as essential actors in achieving social and economic development in both developed and developing countries. Kenya with an estimated population of 29.6 million people and a per capita income
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Innovation is a key component of any enterprise, but failure is an intrinsic, inevitable part of the process. Most products fail, most mergers and acquisitions fail, most projects fail and most startup ventures fail. All the innovation, entrepreneurial drive and creativity won’t keep your company afloat if it lacks a structure and operating blueprint that can guide its ongoing success and conquer all changes and challenges. The laundry list of companies failing despite innovative, new business models
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UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA ANALISIS PENGARUH TINGKAT OUTREACH TERHADAP FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PADA LEMBAGA KEUANGAN MIKRO DI ASEAN SKRIPSI ARKKA SANDHYA SURYATIN 0806349806 FAKULTAS EKONOMI PROGRAM STUDI MANAJEMEN DEPOK JULI 2012 UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA ANALISIS PENGARUH TINGKAT OUTREACH TERHADAP FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PADA LEMBAGA KEUANGAN MIKRO DI ASEAN SKRIPSI ARKKA SANDHYA SURYATIN 0806349806 FAKULTAS EKONOMI PROGRAM STUDI MANAJEMEN DEPOK JULI 2012 KATA PENGANTAR
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Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique Université Abou Bekr Belkaїd de Tlemcen Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion THESE DE DOCTORAT EN SCIENCES ECONOMIQUES Thème Microfinance et Pauvreté : Quantification de la Relation sur la population de Tlemcen Présentée et soutenue publiquement par : Mr. SMAHI Ahmed Sous la direction du : Pr. BENHABIB Abderrezak (U. Tlemcen) JURY Professeur Bendi Abdeslem Professeur Benhabib Abderrezak
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development agencies and establishment of Microfinance Management Institute (MAFMI) in 2003 are some of the significant landmarks in developing this sector. The entire microfinance industry is supported by CGAP which acts as a resource center for incubating and supporting new ideas, innovative products, cutting-edge technology, novel mechanisms for delivering financial services. It was looked at as concrete solutions to the ever rising challenges of expanding microfinance”. These were also responsible for
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Global Social Finance Research 02 May 2012 Volume Growth and Valuation Contraction Global Microfinance Equity Valuation Survey 2012 J.P. Morgan Global Research J.P. Morgan Social Finance Yasemin Saltuk Yasemin Saltuk AC (44-20) 7742-6426 (44-20) 7742-6426 yasemin.x.saltuk@jpmorgan.com yasemin.x.saltuk@jpmorgan.com J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. J.P. Morgan Equity Research Frederic de Mariz (55-11) 4950-3398 frederic.de.mariz@jpmorgan.com Banco J.P. Morgan S.A. CGAP Jasmina Glisovic
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Nilsson Altafi TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE INDIAN MICROFINANCE ORGANIZATION Introduction During the last two decades, microfinance has received considerable public and institutional attention – accumulating in the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 – and is today presented as the “magic bullet” for fighting global poverty. A country with a particularly interesting microfinance sector is India; in 2008, the total outstanding microfinance loans amounted to USD 8 billion, and more than 50% of all
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Microfinance Performance Summary 7.1 Introduction This chapter proposes a model of performance analysis for microfinance programmes and institutions in order to evaluate actual or expected programmes. Performance evaluation approach should be considered from two distinct perspectives: 1) The first approach is related to the performance of a single project managed adopting a perspective like that of project financing, as could occur in the case of non-formal institutions, mainly an NGO 2) Other
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individuals. Microfinance is the form of a broad range of financial services such as deposits, loans, payment services, money transfers, insurance, savings, micro-credit etc. to the poor and low income individuals. The importance of micro-finance in the developing economies like India cannot be undermined, where a large size of population is living under poverty and large number of people does not have an access to formal banking facilities. The taskforce on Supportive Policy and
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