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What Win-Win Lost: Rethinking Microfinance Subsidy in the Past and Designing for the Future

This working paper calls for reclaiming the power and value of subsidy to accomplish policy goals in order for the future of social investment in microfinance to be more effective.

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The Price of Being Banked: A Study on Transparency and Cost of Leading Banking Services Sold in Kenya

Results and recommendations from mystery shopping surveys with the country's 11 largest banks
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Loan Pricing of Nigerian Microfinance Banks: Survey & Methods of Assessment

Driving factors of high interest rates and how to reduce the cost of borrowing
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The Impact of Interest Rate Ceilings on Microfinance Industry

How the supply of credit effects interest rate ceilings
Guide / Toolkit

Pricing for Microinsurance: A Technical Guide

Discussing general pricing elements of microinsurance products
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Health Microinsurance Scheme Design and Pricing: Lessons from Four Countries

Designing effective health microinsurance schemes at best prices
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Finance and Social Responsibility in the Informal Economy: Institutional Voids, Globalization and Microfinance Institutions

Understanding how globalization influences MFI’s capability to overcome institutional voids
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Macroeconomic Factors Influencing Interest Rates of Microfinance Institutions In Latin America

Examining the influence of macroeconomic factors on the microfinance market
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Cost Structure and Financial Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions: The Potential Effects of Interest Rate Cap in Bangladesh

Examination of 216 MFIs to determine the likelihood of achieving sustainability
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Profitability and Interest Rates: Does the Commercialization of Microfinance Institution Lead to Higher Interest Rates?

Testing the correlation between high interest rates and profitability of MFIs