Although the word finance is in the term microfinance, and the core elements of microfinance
are those of the finance discipline, microfinance has yet to break into the mainstream or …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are often seen by aid practitioners as a manifestly effective
means of improving the position of the poor. Despite this widely held view, detailed research …

Purpose This paper analyzes the connection between the sustainability performance of
Chinese banks and their financial indicators to explore whether sustainability regulations …

This study explores China's green credit policy from a credit risk perspective. Green finance
has been growing rapidly in China since the government issued its Green Credit Policy. The …

This paper evaluates the outreach and impact of two microfinance programs in Thailand,
controlling for endogenous self-selection and program placement. Results indicate that the …

Banking authorities in both China and India have attempted to limit most forms of informal
finance by regulating them, banning them, and allowing certain types of microfinance …

Group formation has great potential to empower and raise the incomes of poor people.
However, the chronically poor are disadvantaged in group formation, and this may form a …

In this paper, we demonstrate how household investment is affected by participation in
migration in rural China. We both describe investment patterns across different regions of …

This research study investigates the impact of microfinance on entrepreneurial development
of small scale enterprises that are craving for growth and development in a stiffened …

This paper explores the relationship between informal and formal lending in China with
consideration of how the strength of informal lending might affect microcredit. Lending …