Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and challenges in providing
financing to the poor people based on the experience of Baitul Maal Wa Tamwil (BMT) in …

In the developed world, the hazards associated with obesity have largely outstripped the risk
of starvation. Obesity remains a difficult public health issue to address, due in large part to …

Purpose–Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Tanzania,
the purpose of this paper is to investigate first whether agricultural firms have a different …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the farm and rural credit
system in China. To do this the authors use the so‐called “7 Cs” of credit (these include …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion on the idea of “policy
rationing”. Policy rationing refers to constraining impacts on farm credit through policy action …

This paper empirically estimates individual household credit demand elasticities based on
897 farm households surveyed in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in the People's Republic of …

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explores and explains the globally growing importance of impact investing. Today, the …

Abstract The recent Microcredit Expansion Schemes has helped to empower the deprived
section of urban expanses by providing them easy access to credit coupled with socio …

Purpose–Based on a survey of 897 farm households, the purpose of this paper is to build a
framework using cluster analysis to explain how farmers make decisions on joining group …

Purpose–Often farmers do not switch to a new bank even if it offers better interest rates than
the house bank. This can be attributed partly to transaction costs, and partly to bounded …