CAN ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE ALLEVIATES POVERTY IN INDONESIA? AN INVESTIGATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS

Internet Banking Law: An Iranian Perspective Problems and Prospects of Introducing Islamic Microfinance in Azerbaijan Republic

Bank supervision and monetary policy are strategic concepts in the economy of countries. Development of electronic communications, especially in online and international spheres, has largely threatened financial services in view of security and illegal access to banking networks. Anonymity and identity theft has endangered electronic commerce by crimes like phishing, fraud and different types...

An Analysis of Village-level Microfinance Institutions

This paper uses variation in policies and institutional characteristics to evaluate the impacts of village-level microfinance institutions in rural Thailand. To identify impacts, we use policies related to the successful/unsuccessful provision of services as exogenous variation in effective financial intermediation. We find that institutions, particularly those with good policies, can promote a...

Islamic Microfinance: An Emerging Market Niche

Muslim-majority countries do not use formal financial services (Honohon 2007).1 Even when financial services are available, some people view conventional products as incompatible with the financial principles set forth in Islamic law. In recent years, some microfinance institutions (MFIs) have stepped in to service low-income Muslim clients who demand products consistent with Islamic financial ...

Measuring the Performance of Microfinance Institutions

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...