Essays about: "VSLA"

Found 4 essays containing the word VSLA.

  1. 1. Female Empowerment through Village Savings and Loan Associations in Rwanda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mikaela Eriksson; Ellen Kyhle; [2021]
    Keywords : Female Empowerment; Village Savings and Loan Associations; VSLA; Microfinance; Vi Agroforestry; Rwanda;

    Abstract : The village-based microfinance approach Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) has been implemented in developing countries for three decades, and is found to be an effective tool in alleviating poverty and facilitating access to financial services in rural areas.  This study, done in collaboration with Vi Agroforestry, aimed to investigate the impact of VSLA activities on female empowerment in Rwanda, and more specifically, how women's access to and control over assets have been affected by VSLA participation. READ MORE

  3. 2. "I want money to change my life" : Influence of VSLA methodology on women's economic empowerment, Likuyani division, Kenya

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Simfors; [2017]
    Keywords : Female empowerment; Village Saving and Loan Association; Vi Agroforestry; Kenya;

    Abstract : In the last couple of years, informal savings groups have emerged as an alternative to formal microfinance institutions. These groups are, according to theory, assumed to empower women and to reduce poverty. READ MORE

  4. 3. Access to Financial Services and Women´s Empowerment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Tobias Lindé; Madelene Spencer; [2015-09-07]
    Keywords : microfinance; empowerment; VSL; Malawi;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between membership in a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) in rural Malawi and the empowerment of women. The data used in this study was collected through individual interviews with members of a VSLA operated by a local NGO. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is Credit Enough? The Critical Component of Business Training for Microentrepreneurial Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Louise Lombach; Joneca Meurling; [2012]
    Keywords : Microentrepreneurship; Microfinance; Business Training; Human Capital; Financial Capital;

    Abstract : Due to commercialization of the microfinance industry, fewer MFIs offer business training to their clients. The debate whether commercialization of microfinance is good or not takes two positions; the minimalist model which emphasizes that specialization on credit alone is the key to poverty alleviation, and the credit-plus approach in which credit alone will not accomplish poverty reduction. READ MORE