Articles

• Guest Editorial

  Malcolm Harper
  29(3), pp. 183–185
  Category: Articles
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.2018.29-3-4.ED

• Use of bounded rationality theory to understand participation of women in Islamic microfinance

  Mohammad Ali Ashraf
  29(3), pp. 186–208
  Keywords: participation, rural women, Islamic microfinance, entrepreneurship, RDS
  Category: research-article
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.18-00005

• Integration of small-scale handloom producers into global value chains: Insights from Kannur Handloom Cluster, India

  Edakkandi Meethal Reji
  29(3), pp. 209–226
  Keywords: value chains, global value chains, handloom, competitiveness, governance, upgrading, inter-firm relations
  Category: research-article
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.18-00001

• The evaluation of microfinance performance in Bolivia

  Javier Sierra | Victoria Muriel-Patino | Fernando Rodríguez-López
  29(3), pp. 227–243
  Keywords: microfinance, evaluation, performance, financial inclusion, Bolivia
  Category: research-article
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.00013

• Impact of formal credit on the living standards of poor households in mountainous northern Vietnam

  Nguyen Huu Thu | Pham Bao Duong
  29(3), pp. 244–261
  Keywords: formal credit, impact evaluation, determinants, poor households, Vietnam
  Category: research-article
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.00017

• Frugal financial innovations for inclusive finance: the experience with customer care at M-Pesa in Kenya

  Lukas Wellen | Meine Pieter van Dijk
  29(3), pp. 262–275
  Keywords: inclusive finance, customer care, M-Pesa, frugal innovation
  Category: research-article
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.00016

• Approaches and design of microfinance programmes for the ultra-poor in Nepal

  Nav Raj Simkhada
  29(3), pp. 276–286
  Keywords: microfinance, financial inclusion, lending methodology, graduation, financial literacy, ultra-poor
  Category: review-article
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.00008

• Let’s look before we leap: challenging our ideas on how savings groups work

  Elke Jahns-Harms | Kim Wilson
  29(3), pp. 287–302
  Keywords: microfinance, microsavings, savings groups, seasonal cash flow, ASCA
  Category: review-article
  https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.00004