Essays about: "effect of microfinance on women empowerment"

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1. 1. The Effect of Microfinance on Women’s Empowerment in Ghana: A Meta-Regression Analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Giulia Martini; [2023]
   Keywords : Ghana; Microfinance; Women Empowerment; Gender; Feminist Theory; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Microcredit is often regarded as the best tool for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment. The literature agrees that microcredit impacts positively different aspects of women’s lives. However, there are some aspects, including patriarchal norms and culture, that may obstacle to the success of those programs. READ MORE

3. 2. Empowering women through an NGO chain : Assessing development from a knowledge transfer perspective

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Isabel Wahlgren; Sarah Bergh; [2015]
   Keywords : Non-Governmental Organization; NGO; Knowledge Transfer; Microfinance; Women; SHG; Empowerment; Sustainability; India; Poverty Alleviation.; Ideell organisation; kunskapsöverföring; mikrofinansiering; mikrolån; självhjälpsgrupp; Indien; fattigdom.;

   Abstract : Over the last decades the topic of microfinance as a method to alleviate poverty has been debated to a large extent in the academic literature. In India, the method of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) is today widespread among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and has been proven to empower women economically and socially. READ MORE

4. 3. Women's Empowerment through Microfinance: A case study on Burma

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Ringkvist; [2013]
   Keywords : Microfinance; Empowerment; Burma Myanmar; Credit; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Using data cross-sectional data from the UNDP/PACT Myanmar’s “Outcome/Impact Assessment fro Microfinance Project 2011”, the purpose of this study is to see if women who are members of a microfinance program are more empowered than non-members. The study also attempts to find what factors that are important for women’s empowerment. READ MORE

5. 4. Repayment performance in Microfinance: a theoretical analysis

   University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Viktor Berglind; Arizo Karimi; [2008]
   Keywords : microfinance; group lending; social programs; repayment schedules; dynamic incentives; information asymmetry;

   Abstract : Offering financial services to the unprivileged is a complex task and past attempts have been rather unsuccessful. One commendable effort that has sprung from the failures of commercial banks is microfinance and thanks to innovative ideas microfinance institutions have managed to cope with many of the challenges previously experienced by the formal bank sector in the 1970’s through the 90’s. READ MORE

6. 5. The Effect of Microfinance on the Empowerment of Women and its Societal Consequences : A study of women self-help group members in Andhra Pradesh

   University essay from Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Knut-Erland Berglund; [2007]
   Keywords : microfinance; India; Andhra Pradesh; empowerment; gender;

   Abstract : Microfinance and micro-credit practices have become a popular means of local development. In India, their expansion has been largest in Andhra Pradesh. These practices target primarily women, who are encouraged to construct self-help-groups in order to have a social basis for raising collateral and for receiving financial services. READ MORE