Tag: Access to Finance
Are Microfinance Borrowers in Lebanon Over-Indebted?
The paper "Are Microfinance Borrowers in Lebanon Over-Indebted?" presents the results of the research study that aimed to provide empirical evidence that would confirm or refute
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Microfinance and Business Start-ups: Review of the Current Practice in Europe
The paper "Microfinance and Business Start-ups: Review of the Current Practice in Europe" explores the theoretical background and the emergent evidence related to the role of acces
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Delivering Financial Capability: A Look at Business Approaches
Financial capability has been a buzz word for almost a decade as more and more financial institutions and other stakeholders recognize that in order to improve financial inclusio
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Financing Gap and SME Employment Growth: Beyond Access to Finance
The key aim of these MFC research paper "Financing Gap and SME Employment Growth: Beyond Access to Finance" was to investigate the relation between the perceived changes in financ
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Microfinance & the start-up sector: Romania visit || Read our new case studies!
[divider] In early October, MFC staff visited Romania to meet with a range of stakeholders (including MFC members Vitas and GoodBee) to discuss how the microfinance sector current
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Edukacja Finansowa w Polsce
[divider] [divider] Od 2003 r., w MFC zrealizowaliśmy ponad 50 projektów w 22 krajach. Projekty realizowane w Polsce są naszym laboratorium - ich wynikami dzielimy
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Increasing Access to Finance for Rural Population in Belarus
Funder: USAID Partner: Republican Microfinance Center [divider] Financial services can be a lifeline to low-income peop
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Financing start-ups and social outcomes measurement
[divider] [divider] In a time of economic slow-down, the idea of financing start-up enterprises in the EU is quite alluring. As such, start-ups (enterprises in early stages
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MFC Members Recognized for Financial Inclusion Work
[divider] [divider] [divider] Financial inclusion is high on the European Union agenda, and we support our members to become effective
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Research Program
[divider]MFC undertakes quantitative and qualitative research studies in order to provide an insight into the drivers of customer behavior and market development We carry out ente
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Demand for Microfinance Services
[divider]We conduct studies to assess the need for credit, deposit and microinsurance services among clients and develop market development projections using the access frontier to
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Access to Finance
[divider] [divider] Measuring Access to Finance: Developing evidence-based access policies According to the recently-published Global Findex data, 45% of adults in the ECA regio
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Supply for Microfinance Services
[divider]We use surveys and in-depth interviews to explore issues around infrastructure, product availability, and legal/regulatory opportunities and constraints around the supply
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Access to Finance Barometer
As part of a multi-component project funded by European Commission, MFC is developing and testing methodology of Access to Finance Barometer that will provide insights into the cou
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Pilot study on access of low-income households to financial services
[divider] This study examined the application of customer protection principles, access to financial services and the risk of over-indebtedness among low-income clients in Bosnia
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Measuring Access to Finance: Developing Evidence-Based Access Policies in Belarus
[divider] The project was initiated and managed by the National Bank of Belarus in cooperation with other government agencies and funded by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (A
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Measuring Access to Finance: Developing Evidence-Based Access Policies, 2012
Measuring Access to Finance: Developing Evidence-Based Access Policies Access to Finance Scorecard (AFS) framework captures diverse aspects of access and usage issues into one c
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