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Abstract Background Bihar state in India has one of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in South Asia. Microfinance-based self-help groups (SHGs), involving rural women, are being utilized to improve mater...

The main objective of this Campbell systematic review was to provide a systematic review of the evidence on the effects of microcredit on women's control over household spending in developing countries. More specifically...

Traditionally, the social effect of banking activity is associated with microfinance. This stream line is started from the 70th of the XX century, when microfinance became the tool of the private entrepreneurship develop...

This Campbell systematic review examines the impact of vocational and business training targeted at women in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The review summarises evidence from thirty‐five quantitative studies wi...

Our study critically surveys financial inclusion in Latin American and Caribbean countries, gauging access to both credit and deposit accounts by poor households. Our review confirms some pieces of conventional wisdom in...

"Este trabajo pretende demostrar si es posible otorgar de manera sustentable en el Conurbano Bonaerense microcréditos para la vivienda a los sectores de bajos ingresos excluidos del sistema financiero formal. El análi...

"El presente trabajo propone, usando conceptos de Finanzas y Responsabilidad Social Empresaria, un modelo que actúe sobre las barreras que impiden el desarrollo de las instituciones microfinancieras en la República Arg...

"Las microfinanzas han demostrado ser una herramienta válida de inclusión de la base de la pirámide, creado oportunidades de financiamiento para los microempresarios, contribuyendo en la reducción de la pobreza. A d...