This paper explores how changes in monetary staff incentive contracts affect the productivity of credit officers within microfinance institutions. The study uses a unique data set from five microfinance institutions that includes productivity data at the credit officer level for several months before and after a change in the incentive schemes. In each of the institutions, the monetary incentiv...

B/ W. H. OGILVIE, c.b., c.m.g., m.b., [ major-general, I.M.S.j | j Director of Mcdical Services, India. I havu lately been in conversation with one or two officers of the I.M.S. occupying important executive appointments on the civil side of the Service. They were well versed in the curative side of the profession and one at least had seen a good deal of active service during the great war and ...

Expectations for transaction monitoring (TM) governance are quickly evolving due to the complexity of detection systems, the demand for additional operational oversight, increased regulatory scrutiny, and the need for an adequate control framework to guarantee proper risk management. As a result, compliance officers/AML officers/money laundering reporting officers (collectively, MLROs), along w...

Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies and a key source of economic growth. The important contribution of SMEs in Malaysia’s economy, employment and industrialization has been well documented. Although their role in the economy is substantial, many SMEs are facing difficulties to access to financing, human capital, technology and market. Given that there are an iss...

This study examined police reporting behavior in elder mistreatment (abuse, neglect, and exploitation) cases. Relying on a survey of police officers in Alabama, this research investigates a nested model of mandatory reporting using linear regression techniques. Only about half of all elder mistreatment cases are reported to the proper authorities. Job experience, contact with the elderly, under...

In the past Taiwanese banks that evaluated customers’ credit emphasized collaterals and guarantors, adopting such methods as the rule of thumb, a credit rating system, and numeric credit scoring system that are primarily based upon subjective judgements. However, Taiwanese banks nowadays no longer possess a superior competitive position, owing to the internationalization and liberalization of T...

A traditional view is that police officers possess negative attitudes toward seeking professional help. However, few empirical studies have investigated help-seeking behaviour in police services. This study aimed to investigate help-seeking behaviour, gender differences, and the relationship to self-reported physical and mental health problems in the Norwegian police service. Comparisons were m...