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- Guarantee Funds for SME Loans
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April 22, 2007 21:40
This paper deals with the establishment of guarantee funds for loans to SMEs, intended as a tool for improving their access to capital.
- Building sound banking in transition countries
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This working paper collects the contributions made by invited participants (listed above) to a seminar organised by the EBRD's Office of the Chief Economist during the Bank's Annual Meeting held in London on 11-12 April 1995.
- What should the multilateral development banks do?
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May 16, 2007 14:41
This paper assesses the role of multilateral development banks (MDBs) in fostering development or transition through the institutional mechanisms that the MDBs possess for the selection, monitoring and enforcement of loans and other financing agreements and through the use of subsidies that they receive from their shareholders and other sources. We conclude that a useful direction for MDB reform is to exploit more effectively the potential complementarities between the public and private sector financing operations.
- Building sound banking in transition countries
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November 23, 2007 13:08
This working paper collects the contributions made by invited participants (listed above) to a seminar organised by the EBRD's Office of the Chief Economist during the Bank's Annual Meeting held in London on 11-12 April 1995.
- Financial performance and outreach : a global analysis of leading microbanks
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November 23, 2007 13:15
Microfinance contracts have proven able to secure high rates of loan repayment in the face of limited liability and information asymmetries, but high repayment rates have not translated easily into profits for most microbanks. Profitability, though, is at the heart of the promise that microfinance can deliver poverty reduction while not relying on ongoing subsidy. The authors examine why this promise remains unmet for most institutions.
- Practical Aspects of Establishing a Belarusian Guarantee Fund
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January 18, 2008 12:10
This paper deals with several practical questions that arise during the conceptual stages of establishing a Belarusian Guarantee Fund for loans to small enterprises (SEs). Also the paper analyzed the specific Belarusian conditions and found the approximate amount of guarantee capital needed to be about USD 5.8 m, which means that the amount of funding required from the government will be about USD 2.8 m.
- Student Loans: An Effective Instrument for Financing Higher Education
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January 18, 2008 16:46
The paper describes the basic principles of student loans, presents the peculiarities of student loan system in different countries and discusses the issue of credit risk assessment.

