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Microfinance History

Microfinance History is a scholarly domain within financial history that examines the evolution, institutionalization, and socioeconomic impact of small-scale financial services for marginalized populations, distinguished by its focus on the historical development of microcredit, microsavings, and related grassroots financial mechanisms.

84

Publications

7.6K

Citations

124

Authors

62

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

13

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Publications

84

The great reversals: the politics of financial development in the twentieth century

Raghuram G. Rajan, Luigi Zingales · Journal of Financial Economics · 2003 · 3.4K citations

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Managed by the markets: how finance reshaped America

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 930 citations

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Microcredit: What can we learn from the past?

Aidan Hollis, Arthur Sweetman · World Development · 1998 · 166 citations

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Rise and Fall of Microfinance in India: The Andhra Pradesh Crisis in Perspective

Philip Mader · Strategic Change · 2013 · 150 citations · Full text

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Zakat and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Zakat Institutions in Malaysia

Farah Aida Ahmadadzri · 2012 · 137 citations

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Authors

124

  1. HK
    Herman Krooss

    3 publications · 126 citations

    3

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  2. MG
    Margaret G. Myers

    University of New England, Australia

    3 publications · 130 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. PH
    P.T. Hoffman

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 92 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. GP
    Gilles Postel‐Vinay

    École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France

    2 publications · 92 citations

    2

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  5. AA
    Arvind Ashta

    Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 124

Institutions

62

  1. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

    Besançon, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    78 citations

  2. Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

    Pula, Croatia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  3. Saint Mary's University

    Halifax, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    51 citations

  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    135 citations

  6. Bank of America

    Charlotte, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  7. Swedish House of Finance

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  8. Nanjing University

    Nanjing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 8 publications · 1.2K citations

    8

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 9 publications · 319 citations

    8

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  3. The Journal of Finance

    5 publications · 177 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 75 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Journal of American History

    3 publications · 171 citations

    3

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