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Gender Biases in Bank Lending: Lessons from Microcredit in France
To capture gender biases in banks’ loan allocations, this paper observe the impact on the applicants of a microfinance institution (MFI) and…
Business Training and Loan Repayment: Theory and Evidence from Microcredit in France
Using data from a French MFI, the article investigate the effect of business training on loan repayment, controlling for the process of…
Microfinance in the North: Where Do We Stand?
This article examines the development of microfinance in developed countries, where it emerged in the late 1980s but continues to represent a…
Can microfinance regulation encourage mission drift? The Italian case
This paper aims to explore whether the introduction of microfinance regulation might affect the way in which MFIs manage their double bottom…
European microfinance: relevance, efficiency and impact
This article presents the relevance, efficiency and impact of microfinance policy and its policy instruments with respect to support for microenterprises in…
Microfinance Institutions and Banks in Europe: The story to date
The aim of this study is to draw a relevant picture of MFI-bank partnerships in Europe. We analyse why MFIs and banks…
Analysis of Sustainability for European Microfinance Institutions; An empirical study
This article examines the factors influencing the financial sustainability of European microfinance institutions (MFIs), which aim to achieve long-term viability while supporting…
Handbook of microcredit in Europe
This handbook consists of 20 chapters, including the introduction and conclusion written by the editors. The bulk of the chapters are national…
Measuring the impact of EU microfinance. Lessons from the field
This paper examines the feasibility and suitability of applying conventional microfinance impact assessment (MIA) methodologies in the EU-15 context. Drawing on the…
Making European microfinance more sustainable – lessons from Britain
This paper examines the most effective ways of promoting the sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs), as revealed by an in-depth study of…