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| Type | Published Research Report |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Over-indebtedness and microfinance: Constructing an early warning index |
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| Place of Publication | Zürich |
| Publisher | University of Zurich-Center for Microfinance |
| Date | 2010 |
| Abstract Text | This study examines a method to collect and explore data on the conditions that could lead to crises due to microfinance clients’ over-indebtedness. A simplified version of one of the main approaches to early warning systems, the “signaling approach”, is proposed to construct a composite index for predicting over-indebtedness crises in the microfinance industry. The index is built for a sample of 13 countries, among them countries where overindebtedness crises and other repayment occurred in the past. Data stems from a triangulation of primary and secondary data sources. The sample results in a preliminary classification of the countries according to their current risk for an over-indebtedness crisis. The study suggests the proposed preliminary composition of the index and makes recommendations on the data collection for further validation of the index before it is expanded to a larger set of countries. |
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| Official URL | http://www.cmf.uzh.ch/publications/Microfinance%20and%20OID%20-%20full%20version.pdf |
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| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:7867 |
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| Funders | responsAbility Council of Microfinance Equity Funds Triodos Investment Management |