Tag: Research
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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“Indicators to monitor over-indebtedness” working paper launched by the EFIN Working Group
[divider] [divider] The Working Paper "Indicators to monitor over-indebtedness" is a result of the work of the EFIN Working Group on Over-indebtedness coordinated by MFC. It p
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Microfinance in Europe: A Survey of EMN-MFC Members. Report 2014-2015
This seventh edition of the Report on microfinance in Europe provides an overview of the development of the sector in terms of the main institutional characteristics, the microloan
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Webinar: Microfinance in Europe: Key Results from the EMN-MFC Survey Report 2014-2015!
Date: 6 December 2016, ended The aim of the session is to present the key results of the Report “Microfinance in Europe: A Survey of EMN-MFC members” that was released in De
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Research. Archive: 2003-2008
[divider] Inclusive Finance - the State of Microfinance Sector in ECA, 2008 Gender issues in Microfinance in Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2008 The State of Microfinance Ind
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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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Microinsurance
[divider]MFC connects microfinance providers with regulated insurance companies to improve and expand clients’ access to quality microinsurance products The three-year “Facili
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Entrepreneurship and value chains
[divider] Our research into entrepreneurship and value chains helps us to understand the factors enabling poverty reduction and growth in region Recent projects include: Microen
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Financial Health
Financial health is the condition in which a household effectively manages its income and expenses, is resilient to financial shocks and plans its financial future with the long-te
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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: Follow-up study on the risk of over-indebtedness of microcredit clients
[divider] This study focused on client over-indebtedness in Bosnia and Herzegovina, levels of which were the highest in the Central and Eastern Europe market. The study results
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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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Kosovo: Study on the risk of over-indebtedness
[divider] This study sought to understand whether there is a problem of (over-)indebtedness among microcredit clients in Kosovo. Through analyzing credit bureau data and conduct
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Kyrgyzstan: Research on indebtedness and repayment performance
[divider] In this study, MFC analyzed data from the CIB "Ishenim" credit bureau, which manages borrower information from around 50 financial institutions (banks and MFIs) in Kyr
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Azerbaijan: Study on the risk of over-indebtedness of microcredit clients
[divider] This study on the risk of over-indebtedness in the ECA region was carried out in partnership with the Azerbaijan Micro Finance Association (AMFA). The objectives were t
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European Union: Measuring Over-indebtedness: Indicators, Data, Reporting
[divider] Project Dates: 1st January - 31 December 2014 Supported by European Commission MFC Policy paper: Debt, Borrowing and Over-indebtedness: A Country-Le
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