Research Topics
Are you looking for a research topic for your Master thesis? You can contact us if you are interested in one of the topics below, proposed by organizations involved in microfinance. You can apply for a specific topic and might get mentorship from microfinance practitioners. The research question(s) and the theoretical foundation shall be developed together with the supervising professor.
Are you interested? Please request the list of research topics from umm@planetfinance.org. In a second step, please send a short motivation letter regarding the research topic(s) you chose and your CV to umm@planetfinance.org. You can also combine this with an application for the UMM Scholarships.
Introductory Literature:
Armendáriz de Aghion, Beatriz; Modurch, Jonathan (2005): The Economics of Microfinance, Cambrige, Massachusetts, London: The MIT Press.
Collins, Daryl et al (2009): Portfolios of the Poor, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli et al (2007): Finance for All. Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access,Washington D.C., World Bank.
Dichter, Thomas, Malcolm Harper (2007): What’s wrong with Micorfinance?,Warwickshire, Warwickshire, Practical Action Publishing.
Robinson, Marguerite (2001): The Microfinance Revolution. Sustainable Finance for the Poor, Washington D.C., The World Bank.
Rutherford, Stuart (2009): The Poor and Their Money, Warwickshire, Practical Action Publishing.
Daley-Harris, S. (2007): State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2007, Washington D.C., Microcredit Summit Campaign.
Helms, Birgit (2007): Access for All: Building Inclusive Financial Systems, Washington D.C., The World Bank.
Ledgerwood, Joana (1998): Microfinance Handbook: An Institutional and Financial Perspective, Washington D.C., The World Bank.
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