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Microfinance Intervention

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By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

  • • define and provide an overview of microfinance

  • • discuss the importance of microfinance

  • • explain the operations of microfinance institutions

  • • show the sustainability of microfinance institutions

  • • discuss the lending models and the credit risk management of microfinance institutions

  • • identify the challenges confronting microfinance institutions

  • • illustrate how banks participate in the microfinance market

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  1. University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana

    Joshua Yindenaba Abor

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Abor, J.Y. (2017). Microfinance Intervention. In: Entrepreneurial Finance for MSMEs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34021-0_6

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