This paper describes the microenterprise and microfinance sectors of seven English-speaking Caribbean states, examines main constraints on the development of a well functioning microfinance market in these countries, and highlights the amount, type, and results obtained in microenterprise projects financed by the Inter-American Bank in the last fifteen years. It suggests that English-speaking C...

Microfinance is the array of financial services, including loans, savings and insurance, available to Poor entrepreneurs and small business owners who have no collateral and would not otherwise qualify for a standard bank loan. Recent proliferation of microfinance market has swiftly increased the competition in microfinance Indian market, new technology and new devices are emerging at phenomal ...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the associations between microfinance programme membership and intimate partner violence (IPV) in different socioeconomic strata of a nationally representative sample of women in Bangladesh. METHODS The cross-sectional study was based on a nationally representative interview survey of 11 178 ever-married women of reproductive age (15-49 years). A total of ...

Micro credit is a loan that intended for the poor to continue their business. Since 2008, Government has distributed micro assistance through Rural Agribusiness DevelopmentProgram (PUAP) which managed by Microfinance Institution (LKMA). In theimplementation of this credit, there are still many bad loans. This study aims determine effectof application sanctions on repayment at MicrofinanceInstit...

There are still many fishing communities in Indonesia that live poverty. That situation happens because they have been depending on moneylenders who provide high-interest rates. This study's focuses were: First, to reveal the role of Baitul Maal wa Tamwil (BMT) or Islamic Microfinance Institution (IMFI), which embrace fishermen by implementing free late interest system. Second, products IMFI fo...