The empirics of microfinance: what do we know?

Microfinance has received a lot of attention recently, both from policy makers as well as in academic circles. Two of the main topics that have been hotly debated are explaining joint liability group lending and its implications for reducing information asymmetries, and the trade-off between the fin...

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Published in:The Economic journal (London) 2007-02, Vol.117 (517), p.F1-F10
Main Authors: Hermes, Niels, Lensink, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymmetric information
bangladesh
Bank loans
Credit
Debt repayment
design
Development programmes
Empirical evidence
Empirical research
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Feature: The Empirics of Microfinance
Financial economics
Group performance
information
Joint liability
Loans
Microfinance
peer selection
Poverty
programs
repayment performance
social cohesion
Sustainable economies
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