Essays about: "potential borrowers"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words potential borrowers.

  1. 11. The Impact of Informal Institutions on Microfinance Performance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Olle Berggren; [2012]
    Keywords : microfinance; new institutional economics; informal institutions; trust; culture; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In recent years, microfinance has evolved as an alternative method of providing credit to poor borrowers in developing countries. Despite high expectations and appraisals, the performance of microfinance institutions has been found to differ significantly between different countries. READ MORE

  3. 12. FINANCING OPTIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) : EXPLORING NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF FINANCING

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : ESISAL-RUTH LEMUEL; [2009]
    Keywords : Non-Bank Financial Institutions; Financing; Small and Medium-sized Enterprises ;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM DISCUSSION: Small and medium-sized enterprises are observed as capable instruments to solving the critical problems of development and poverty affecting most developing countries (Kayanula and Quartey 2000; Mead and Liedholm 1998; Fischer 1995), therefore the need for their growth in Nigeria is beyond question. Amidst many other problems, gaining access to bank credits and other financial markets have been identified as a key hindrance to this growth. READ MORE

  4. 13. Repayment performance in Microfinance: a theoretical analysis

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Berglind; Arizo Karimi; [2008]
    Keywords : microfinance; group lending; social programs; repayment schedules; dynamic incentives; information asymmetry;

    Abstract : Offering financial services to the unprivileged is a complex task and past attempts have been rather unsuccessful. One commendable effort that has sprung from the failures of commercial banks is microfinance and thanks to innovative ideas microfinance institutions have managed to cope with many of the challenges previously experienced by the formal bank sector in the 1970’s through the 90’s. READ MORE

  5. 14. Foreign Currency Denominated Loans in the CE-3: Treat or Threat?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Renata Lima; [2007]
    Keywords : foreign currency loans; Czech Republic; Hungary; Poland; monetary policy; systemic risk;

    Abstract : The increasing share of loans denominated in foreign currency in Eastern European countries has been an outstanding feature in the financial deepening process in the region. Access to foreign interest rates has allowed many local borrowers – including, and at growing proportions, households - to benefit from unprecedentedly low costs of funding. READ MORE

  6. 15. Exploring the Roles of Informal, Formal, and Semiformal Microcredit in Jordan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mikael Fridell; [2007]
    Keywords : Microcredit; Interaction; Islamic Financial Services; Jordan; Middle East; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : As the title suggests, this thesis is an exploration of the roles of different sources of microcredit in Jordan. These sources include the informal, formal, and semiformal sectors of microcredit. READ MORE