The government has issued the ordinance on the establishment of long-discussed microfinance banks, opening the door for microcredit institutions, startups and venture capital firms to become ...

The ordinance creates a new category of institution – the microfinance bank – allowing licensed operators to mobilise deposits from low-income clients while bringing them under the prudential ...

The Economic Survey called for more consistent alignment between impact objectives and investor incentives by linking exit decisions and valuations to the achievement of social purpose metrics, rather ...

Savings and Development, Vol. 45 (2021), pp. 1-17 (17 pages) The study examined the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on households’ income and consumption – two economic measures used in measuring poverty.

Termed the Microcredit Bank Ordinance 2025, the new law authorises the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to issue licences for microfinance banks ...

May 2 (Reuters) - Microfinance institutions in Africa hope to emulate the success and growth of the industry in Asia, and could offer a lifeline and escape from poverty for millions of people living ...

Perhaps the single most popular idea in foreign aid over the past few decades has been microcredit for the world’s poor. Small loans to poor people, it was suggested, would empower them to become ...

Research commissioned by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and carried out by the M-CRIL ratings agency signals a retreat from the claim that there is a verifiable connection between ...

, Jan. 9 -- The Credit and Development Forum (CDF), a national association and network of microfinance institutions, has said the proposed Microcredit Bank will be a social business, strictly ...

New research from Cambodia challenges the microfinance industry’s assertions that its loans help farmers to resist the impacts of climate change. In fact, the research argues, microfinance undermines ...