Essays about: "microfinance market"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words microfinance market.

  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. More money for less work – or more work for less money? : Microfinance in the context of poverty and extreme working hours in the Kenyan informal economy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Microfinance; Kenya; Labour Supply; informal economy;

    Abstract : The Sub-Saharan African informal economy is often characterised by underemployment where workers spend countless hours earning bare minimum. This study investigates the impact of microfinance participation on earnings, time spent on market work, household work and leisure among women in the informal economy in Kenya. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Impact Investment: The Midway between Investment and Philanthropy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Norë Arifi; Lukas Richter; [2019]
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    Abstract : Impact investment is an innovation in the finance field, thus contributing to further development of social finance. This kind of investment is essential due to its ability to help reach the SDGs. The biggest challenges our generation has to address are represented through the SDGs. Impact investing offers a viable potential to tackle these goals. READ MORE

  6. 5. Are people living with HIV discriminated by the microfinance market? Evidence from Uganda

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Matilda Byström; Karl Follin; [2017-10-10]
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    Abstract : Microfinance has considered to be the key to end world poverty by serving the poor and vulnerable. In Uganda, the microfinance market has been on a steady rise since 1980; a time when HIV prevalence peaked. READ MORE