Essays about: "microfinance lending"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words microfinance lending.

  1. 1. Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan level in commercial banking sector in Rwanda : Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan in Rwanda

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Nsengiyumva Samson; [2023]
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    Abstract : The financial sector in Rwanda is composed of two major categories of financial institutions. The first category consists of banking institutions that include commercial and investment banks, microfinance banks, microfinance institutions and SACCOS. READ MORE

  3. 2. The impact of socio-economic factors and attributes on repayment ability in Microfinancing : A study of microfinance programs in the Amhara region

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Zeinab Hassano; Felicia Nordgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Microfinance; Psychometrics testinMicrofinance; Psychometrics testing; Group-lending; Disruptive technology; Ethiopia; repayment ability; collateral constraints;

    Abstract : An insufficient financial market means that poor individuals cannot access financial capital, making it difficult for them to generate a stable income. Formal banks see these individuals as unreliable customers because of their financial background and see a risk that these potential customers will not repay their loans, which would put the bank at risk. READ MORE

  4. 3. Communicating online microfinance as an effective poverty alleviation tool: a case study of Kiva

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Stuart Grant; [2018]
    Keywords : Microfinance; Chains of equivalence; Kiva;

    Abstract : Microfinance is a significant component of financial inclusion, which has come to the fore in contemporary developmental literature and practice. It has been used as a poster child of millennial development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Creating Social Good through Debts: Critical Discourse Analysis of Borrower Representations at Kiva

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Dragomir Dimitrov; [2018]
    Keywords : online lending; microfinance; representations; borrowers; critical discourse analysis; postcolonialism; kiva; global south; individual single parents;

    Abstract : Kiva is an international non-governmental organization that competes for funds with others in the field. As a consequence, some special relationships and dependencies are formed. This paper argues that among the most significant ones are the representations of borrowers on Kiva’s online lending platform. READ MORE

  6. 5. Financial sustainability of microfinance : a zero default case study of the Chanthaburi Province Savings Group

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Warut Woradithee; [2011]
    Keywords : Chanthaburi; delinquency; default; group-lending contract; joint liability; microfinance; repayment rate; welfare ;

    Abstract : Apart from poverty alleviation which is the prominent mission of microfinance institutions (MFIs), MFIs also need to maintain their financial sustainability to assure that they will have working capital in the next period. "Repayment rate" is a common indicator used to measure financial sustainability of MFIs. READ MORE