A Proposal of a Microcredit Granting Model for the Microfinance Associations in Tunisia

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College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia

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This article is devoted to look at how the factors micro-loan risks in microfinance are related to the micro-borrowers. In this regard, the present analysis involves the using of a set representative and fundamental variables in our research. The study basically use the socio-economic and socio-demographic features specific to the micro-borrowers, which are expected to affect the repayment delay, using the scoring models introduced to assess the micro- borrowers’ risk quality. Based on survey and logistic regression containing these features, the empirical results of econometric model show their impact on the repayment delay in the Tunisian Micro-Credit Associations.
 

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Iranian Economic Review
Volume 23, Issue 2
April 2019
Pages 259-296

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