Universität zu Köln

2 Analyses/working papers/articles

• Equity-driven RMFIs (Rural MicroFinance Institutions)

  An examination of rural entrepreneurs as shareholders of equity-driven RMFIs, motivated by profit sharing and access to credit.

  Hans Dieter, February 2006

  Universität zu Köln

• History matters in microfinance

  This text shows that microfinance is not a poor solution for poor countries, that savings-driven microfinance institutions in cooperative or community ownership are equally feasible in rural and urban areas, and that if properly regulated and supervised, they have great potential in poverty alleviation and development, both in rural and urban areas.

  Hans Dieter, June 2003

  Universität zu Köln