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Better Micro Financers in Pakistan, Banks or Financial Institutions

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  • Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani

    (Iqra University Research Center - IURC, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan)

  • Amber Osman

    (Iqra University Research Center - IURC, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan)

Abstract

The paper is an emphasis on the financial sustainability of micro financing in Pakistan where Banks and institution use different products & services that help in reducing the poverty by coping up with subjective & objective poverty, this study found that banks were more commercialized in terms of payback & interest rates while engaged in micro financing but despite that Banks are endeavoring more ventures to uplift poverty in Pakistan through micro financing to poor.

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  • Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani & Amber Osman, 2011. "Better Micro Financers in Pakistan, Banks or Financial Institutions," Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, Danubius University of Galati, issue 1(1), pages 104-109, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:dug:actaec:y:2011:i:1:p:104-109
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    1. M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury & Dipak Ghosh & Robert E. Wright, 2005. "The impact of micro-credit on poverty: evidence from Bangladesh," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 5(4), pages 298-309, October.
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