Computing for social good: Supporting microfinance institutions in Zambia

Group Size and Social Ties in Microfinance Institutions

Microfinance programmes provide poor people with small loans given to jointly liable self-selected groups. Follow-up loans provide incentives to repay. In an experiment we investigate the influence of those features on strategic default. Each group member invests in an individual risky project, whose outcome is known only to the individual investor. Subjects decide, whether to contribute to gro...

Role of Microfinance Institutions in Women Empowerment

The present study titled “Role of Microfinance Institutions in Women Empowerment” was conducted in Punjab state of India with the objective to study the role played by microfinance institutions in empowering women. The study was conducted with the scientific approach i.e deductive approach & inductive approach and the study found that the availability of basic services to the members was consid...

Performance Analysis of Banks and Microfinance Institutions in India

Present paper intends to measure the determinants of performance of Indian financial sector. The performance variables of banking sector and microfinance institutions in India are studied over a study period of six years i.e. 2006-07 to 2011-12. The financial sector of India is gaining strength over the years and its contribution to growth is overwhelming. Banks are considered the main componen...

Microfinance Institutions : Do they Empower Women ?

Volume XXVIII January-February 2016 A Study of Factors Driving Indian Youth's Intention to Purchase Online Shruti Jain is a Ph. D in the stream of Applied Business Economics with 14 years of work experience in industry and academia. She has worked as Director, Economic Affairs Division, ASSOHAM and as Consultant, International division, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Her papers have be...

Measuring the Performance of Microfinance Institutions