First European Research Conference

First European Research Conference_Research Papers

Workshop	Name	First Name	Institution	Title of paper	Co-authors
MFIs Micro 1	Hartarska	Valentina	Auburn University, USA	Scope economies in microfinance: evidence from rated microfinance institutions	Christopher Parmeter, Roy Mersland
MFIs Micro 1	Nawaz	Ahmad	Goettingen University, Germany	Efficiency and productivity in microfinance: incorporating the role of subsidies
Misc.	Aliango	Dedé	Université Protestante au Congo, DR Congo	Contribution des initiatives de microfinance à la lutte contre la pauvreté fémine en RD Congo	Youssoufou Congo
Misc.	Doligez	François	IRAM, France	Gouvernance et privatisation en microfinance.Les dilemmes du credit rural de Guinée
Misc.	Fall	François	ATER/Université de Rouen, France	Complementarité banques et structures de microfinance: Réflexion au sens des analyses de G.B. Richardson
Governance and MF Performance	Mueller	Oliver	University of Bochum, Germany	The impact of external governance quality on the economic success of MFIs
Management and Strategy in MF	Mori	Neema Geoffrey	Univsersity of Agder, Norway	Strategic Decision Making Process in Microfinance Organizations: The role of Stakeholders
IT in MF 1	Estapé Dubreuil	Gloria	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain	Strategic use of IT in Spanish Microcredit sector: a reality or a task for the future? (Power Point)
Regulation	Gutierrez Nieto	Begona	Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain	On the new regulation framework of Bolivian NGO microfinance institutions	Omar Villacorta, Carlos Serrano
Regulation	Mbemap	M.	University of Buea, Cameroon	The regulatory landscape of MF in the Cemac region
Public Policy	Concari	Gustavo	Deusto University, Spain	Diversifying Latin American microfinance organizations
Public Policy	Granger	Benoit	Advancia Business School, France	MFI efficiency and State intervention – what correlation?	Stefanie Laemmermann
Financial Development	Hermes	Niels	University of Groningen, The Netherlands	Financial Development and the Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions	Robert Lensink, Aljar Meesters
Social Bottom Line	Lensink	Robert	University of Groningen, The Netherlands	Microfinance only or microfinance plus – does it matter for the microbank?	Roy Mersland
Social Bottom Line	Pérrileux	Anaïs	CERMi, Belgium	Surplus Allocation and Interest Rates in Microfinance: Does Ownership Matter?	Marek Hudon
Credit Officers	Labie	Marc	CERMi, UMons, Belgium	Discrimination in Microfinance: The Role of Credit Officers	PG Méon, Ariane Szafarz
Credit Analyst	Agier	Isabelle	Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	The role of credit analysts in the performance of microcredit loans	Juliano Assunçao
Credit Analyst	Marrez	Helena	ULB, Belgium	Credit Risk in MFI	Mathias Schmit
Rural MF 1	Giesbert	Lena	Institute of African Affairs, Germany	More than just credit: household demand for financial services in rural Ghana	Mirco Benig, Susan Steiner
Rural MF 1	Bouquet	Emanuelle	CIRAD, France	Rice inventory credit in Madagascar	Betty Wampfler, Eliane Ralison
Informal (Micro)Finance	Johnson	Susan	University of Bath, UK	The role of informal groups in the financial market: evidence from Kenya	Max Nino-Zarazua, Markku Malkamaki
Rural MF 2	Turvey	Calum	Cornell University, USA	Informal Lending Amongst Friends and Relatives: Can Microcredit Compete in Rural China?	Rong Kong
Country Studies 1	Sanseverino	Chiara	Università di Milano, Italy	Testing a Methodology to Assess Microcredit Target Poverty in Bosnia-Herzegovina	Niccolò Bassani, Silvestro Francesco Rivolta
Empowerment and the Poorest	Jain	Balbir	Motilal Nehru College, India	Microfinance and the Poorest
Empowerment and the Poorest	Wahhaj	Zaki	University of Oxford, UK	Microfinance and Gender Empowerment	Thi-Minh-Phuong Ngo
Loan Allocation and Lending Techniques	Berg	Gunhild	KfW Development Bank, Germany	Microcredit, Natural Disasters and Relationship Lending	Jan Schrader, University Heidelberg
Social Impact and Performance	Russell	Roslyn	RMIT University, Australia	The Social Impacts of a Savings Mobilisation Program in Australia
Social Impact and Performance	Lee	Nanci	FIDES, Canada	Complex enough to capture, simple enough to use: FIDES’ Early Lessons from a Multi-Country Social Performance Monitoring System	Sabrina Beeler
Lending Techniques	Berhane	Guush	Wageningen University, The Netherlands	Repeat-borrowing and long-term microfinance credit effects: Evidence from borrowers of a rural microfinance in Ethiopia	Cornelis Gardebroek
Lending Techniques	Casini	Paolo	ECARES, ULB, Belgium	Competitive Microcredit Markets: differentiation and ex ante incentives for multiple borrowing
Lending Techniques	Venet	Baptiste	Paris Dauphine University, France	Individual microcredit and social pressure
Rural & informal MF	Morvant-Roux	Solène	IRD/Farm foundation, France	Access to microcredit and continuity of indebtedness dynamics in rural Mexico
Rural & informal MF	Villareal	Magdalena	CIESAS Occidente, Mexico	Social boundaries and economic dilemmas in microfinancial practices
Remittances	Iannone	Marco	TechnoServe, USA	Maximizing the Value of Remittances for Business Development	Bathia Romi
Remittances	Sukadi Mata	Ritha	CERMi, ULB, Belgium	MFIs on the remittances market
Ethics in MF	Hohns	Andrew	University of Pensylvania, USA	Credit where credit is due: assessing the embedded ethics of microfinance
New paradigm	Nurul Alam	Mohamed	Sultan Qaboos University, Oman	Interest-Free Microfinance to Micro Entrepreneurs in Rural Bangladesh
New paradigm	Warner	Jonathan	Quest University, Canada	Microfinance without the finance: the possibility of scrip-based development funding
Empowerment	Van der Weide	Maartje	Artefaction, The Netherlands	Microfinance, features of organizations providing it and their impact on empowerment of women in Mongolia	Waslander
Gender	Mummidi	Thanuja	French Institute of Pondicherry, India/France	Prioritising Skill, Knowledge and Capabilities of Women in understanding motivations for Income Generating Activities
Poverty and Social Capital	Matul	Michal	Microinsurance Innovation Facility, ILO, Switzerland	Financial Behaviours and Vulnerability to Poverty in low-income households in transition context
Poverty and Social Capital	Lopez Rodriguez	Patricia	Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico	Closing the gap: the link between social capital and microfinance services	Rodolfo De la Torre
Women (Empirical)	D'Espallier	Bert	Lessius Hogeschool, CERMi, Belgium	Women and repayment in microfinance	Mersland, Guerin
Women (Empirical)	Binate Fofana	Namizata	Wageningen University, The Netherlands	Efficacy of micro financing women’s rural activities in Côte d’Ivoire
Self Helping Groups	Bali Swain	Ranjula	Uppsala University, Sweden	Does self help group participation lead to an asset creation?	Adel Varghese
Self Helping Groups	Vandewalle	Lore	University of Namur, Belgium	Microfinance Lifespans: attrition and exclusion in Self help groups in India	Jean-Marie Baland, Rohini Somanathan
Financial Access	Johnson	Susan	University of Bath, UK	Financial access and exclusion in Kenya and Uganda	Max Nino-Zarazua
Financial Access	Fouillet	Cyril	CERMi, ULB	The Spread and its determinants of Microfinance in Tamil Nadu, India	Britta Augsburg
Country Studies 2	Welle Strand	Anne	MICRO, Centre for Development Studies and Microfinance, Norway	Collective action and Insitutional voids: On Consolidation of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Microfinance Sector	Dr. Dijana Tiplic

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