...Malefiya Ebabu; Zemen Ayalew; Kedir Jemal; Million Sileshi Purpose This study examines the impact of microfinance credit on household food security in drought-prone North Wollo, Ethiopia, while addressing selection bias and gender disparities in credit access. Design/methodology/approach Using...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Financial institutions Microfinance Rural finance Land price Land registration Collateral value Since the early 2000s, microfinance institutions (MFIs) and commercial banks in Cambodia have increasingly extended credit to households...

...Arsène Mba Fokwa Purpose The study examines the synthesized influences of institutional governance and the scale effects of agricultural credits on the sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 840 MFIs (300...

...Annkathrin Wahbi; Yaw Sarfo; Oliver Musshoff Purpose Digital credit is spreading rapidly across Sub-Saharan Africa and holds potential for financial inclusion and female financial autonomy. Women in developing economies have long been targeted by microfinance institutions due to the women’s...

... 21 01 2020 18 06 2020 19 06 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Trust Microfinance Social capital Artefactual field experiment Group lending Increasing agricultural productivity is considered...

...Danang Budi Santoso; Christopher Gan; Mohamad Dian Revindo; Natanael Waraney Gerald Massie Purpose This study investigates the welfare impact of microfinance on rural households in Indonesia. Its finding will bridge the gap in the Indonesian microfinance literature. Design/methodology/approach...

...N’Banan Ouattara; Xiong Xueping; Trazié Bertrand Athanase Youan BI; Lacina Traoré; J.K. Ahiakpa; Odountan Ambaliou Olounlade Purpose Several years after the regularization of microfinance activity in Côte d’Ivoire, smallholder farmers’ access to microfinance credits still remains marginal...

... preferred sources of credit owing to their flexible nature of operation. Interesting, microfinance has emerged as a major source of credit particularly for the poor rural households. The rise in credit usage for non-income generating activities amongst poor households is another important concern...

...Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah; Yaw Osei-Asare; Emmanuel Kodjo Tetteh Purpose Users of smallholder farmer microfinance are able to make enough returns to repay credits advanced to them. However, they are in dire need of financial capital such that they are inconsiderate of farmer- and credit-specific...

.... The purpose of this paper is to explore the policy interventions in the areas of agriculture finance. Design/methodology/approach This paper makes an attempt to explore the relation of earlier policy initiatives with the current microfinance industry as well. The data for the paper are collected from...

...Freya von Negenborn; Ron Weber; Oliver Musshoff Purpose Although the microfinance sector in developing countries has seen an impressive development in recent years, many small-scale farmers in rural areas are still undersupplied with capital. One of the main reasons for this undercapitalization...

...Ulf Römer; Oliver Musshoff Purpose In recent years, the application of credit scoring in urban microfinance institutions (MFIs) became popular, while rural MFIs, which mainly lend to agricultural clients, are hesitating to adopt credit scoring. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether...

...Imke Hering; Oliver Musshoff Purpose In order to improve the assessment of current lending policies for a microfinance institution (MFI) in Azerbaijan, the purpose of this paper is to analyse how lending conditions are adjusted based on knowledge gains during the loan relationship, with particular...

...Niels Pelka; Oliver Musshoff; Ron Weber Purpose – Small-scale farmers in developing countries are undersupplied with capital. Although microfinance institutions (MFIs) have become well established in developing countries, they have not significantly extended their services to farmers...

... despite their low level of income (Dejene, 1993). Apart from payouts, some Iqqubs offer also loans to members and the payment of an interest may be provided. Dr Davide Castellani can be contacted at: dadicast@yahoo.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Microfinance...

...Valentina M. Hartarska; Martin Holtmann This paper presents an overview of microfinance and microfinance research. The objective is to show that microfinance research has come full circle: from policies to lending methodologies and to organizations in the 1990s, and back to a focus on policies...

...Jerry R. Skees; Barry J. Barnett While significant progress in microcredit and microfinance has been made in low‐income countries, lending for small farming enterprises has been limited. This article reviews how innovative index‐based risk‐transfer products (IBRTPs) can be used to transfer...