Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of
the world's population but a staggering 30 percent of the world's poor, the challenges it faces …

The paper seeks to promote greater understanding of the importance of loan officers in
group-based microfinance by explaining their actual roles, dilemmas and tensions when …

Over the years, marketers in Zambia have increasingly turned to microfinance institutions
(MFIs) to access financial assistance for the purpose of driving socio-economic development …

The aim of the research is to contribute to the understanding of regulatory and supervisory
issues in relation to microfinance in order to inform the design of regulatory policy in Zambia …

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and
connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better …

The current banking environment in Zambia has become highly competitive as banks
scramble for a share of the customer deposits on the liability side and good quality credit on …

This article analyses the effect of savings on economic growth in Zambia. Using vector auto
regression, the article finds that economic growth 'Granger'causes domestic savings. This …

This study sought to establish the trends in savings mobilization in Commercial Banks of
Rwanda, and establish the extent to which the institutional and external factors influence the …

This study examined the role of savings in commercial banks' performance in Nigeria. The
objective is to assess the contribution of savings to domestic credit to the private sector, to …

Innovative Approaches to Domestic Resource Mobilization in Selected LDCs Page 1
BACKGROUND This is a discussion paper prepared for Expert Group Meeting on resource …