Microfinance Systems: Designing Quality Financial Services for the Poor
By G. Wright. 2000
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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Urban Studies
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- Great Expectations: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Asia and Latin America (2005, unknown): “For example, Wright (2000) argued that “... microfinance has a particular advantage over almost (and probably) all other interventions” in providing cost-effective and sustainable services to the poor.”
- The Impact of Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Evidence (2012, unknown): “…women’s empowerment, housing, job creation, and social cohesion (Afrane, 2002; Barnes, 1996; Barnes & Keogh, 1999; Beck, Demirguc-Kunt, & Levine, 2004; Hietalahti & Linden, 2006; 2249 Hossain & Knight, 2008; Khandker, 2001; Odell, 2010; Schuler, Hashemi, & Riley, 1997; UNICEF, 1997; Wright, 2000).”
- Microfinance institutions and public policy (2003, background): “However, there is some debate about the extent to which MFI activities truly empower women (see Rahman, 1999; and Wright, 2000). to save in order to achieve consumption smoothing (evidence is presented above that transaction costs are especially important for clients of MFIs).”
- Do regulated microfinance institutions achieve better sustainability and outreach? Cross-country evidence (2007, background): “In Bangladesh, many poor people lost their savings due to the incompetence and fraud of little known unregulated institutions (Wright, 2000).”
- Analysis of the Effects of Microfinance on Poverty Reduction (2001, background): “…have pointed to several general issues that make microfinance work for the poorest: • Even a well-designed microfinance programme is unlikely to have a positive impact on the poorest unless it specifically seeks to reach them through appropriate product design and targeting (Wright 2000).”