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University of Helsinki
TA5 Development Economics
5 cr
The course covers the key topics in microfinance and is organised in four major parts. The first part of the course will cover issues important for understanding different microfinance markets. The second part of the course will assess financial and social performance of microfinance institutions. Student will apply tools used in practice by analysts or microfinance managers. In the third part, policies to build inclusive financial systems will be examined. Topics in this part include financial sector policies in general and microfinance regulation and supervision in particular. In the fourth part, we will cover the financing issues and commercialization of microfinance. Particular emphasis will be given to microfinance mission drift, market saturation and competition as well as over-indebtedness and repayment crises in different microfinance markets.
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Social sciences
Scope
5 cr
Code
ECOK-278
Organiser
University of Helsinki
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