<p>Poor people often lack collateral, which is one of the reasons that they have no access to</p><p>formal financial institutions. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide financial services to</p><p>poor people. Traditional MFIs have received some criticism, for instance that they do not</p><p>target the poorest of the poor. This paper, with a field study from Dhaka, takes a closer look at</p><p>SafeSave, a new MFI working in a quite different way than the traditional MFIs in</p><p>Bangladesh. The conclusion of this paper is that SafeSave’s more flexible services are able to</p><p>reach the poor better than the services of traditional MFIs, but might not be the best solution</p><p>seen from a long-term development perspective.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-5984 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Calles, Erika |
| Publisher | Uppsala University, Department of Economics |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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