DIENER , Marc

3rd cycle

On doit a G.A. Tedeschi [3] l' idée d'´ evaluer la valeur espérée de la somme des flux issus pour un emprunteur d'une activité fondée sur un micro crédit. Elle produit un calcul astucieux que nous avons retrouvé dans une présentation sous forme d'une chaine de Markov de son modèle [1]. D'autres modèles markoviens ont depuis été introduits par...

We consider a Markov-Chain model for a Microfinance Institution (MFI) borrower who can be in one of four states: Applicant (A), Beneficiary (B − or B +) of a small or a large loan, or included (I) in the regular banking system. Given the transition matrix we compute the equilibrium and deduce the influence of probability parameters on what is...

In his book with Alan Jolis, Vers un monde sans pauvreté (1997) Yunus gives the example of a microcredit loan of 1000BDT reimbursed via 50 weekly settlements of 22BDT and correctly claims that this corresponds to the annual interest rate of 20%. But this is without taking into account that if the borrower has good reasons not to pay at one...

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In his book with Alan Jolis, Vers un monde sans pauvreté (1997) Yunus gives the example of a microcredit loan of 1000BDT reimbursed via 50 weekly settlements of 22BDT and correctly claims that this corresponds to the annual interest rate of 20%. But this is without taking into account that if the borrower has good reasons not to pay at one...