Essays about: "poverty lending approach"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words poverty lending approach.

  1. 1. A qualitative study of foreign aid and China’s role in economic and human development in Zambia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Sue-Ellen Njekwa Ryberg; [2024-01-26]
    Keywords : Zambia; foreign aid; development; dependency; debt trap; Chinese loans;

    Abstract : The precedent of unrivaled lending in Zambia, to a great degree, and courtesy to the World Bank, has generated a normative and financial frame that puts forward economic prosperity as only being made manifest through lending in perpetuality. Zambia has in recent decades found itself in between both West and East spheres of power in terms of foreign aid and this has had an impact on its development. READ MORE

  3. 2. Another Lunatic Line? An Economic Evaluation of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hedda Most; [2021]
    Keywords : Transportation Infrastructure; Railways; Kenya; Differences-in-Differences; Income; Economic Growth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research paper seeks to examine the emerging role of transportation infrastructure on economic activity in low-income countries due to its vital part in facilitating deeper integration of markets, hence fostering inclusive growth and prosperity for the poor. Although its economic causal framework suggests ambiguous results, transportation investments account for the largest share of the World Bank's lending to developing countries. 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. The role of social capital to access rural credit : a case study at Dinh Cu and Van Quat Dong village in coastal area of Thua Thien Hue province

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Phi Khanh Ho Le; [2011]
    Keywords : social capital; trust; Vietnam; local organisations; credit;

    Abstract : As a poverty reduction strategy, credit access has played an important role in supporting the peasants to improve their production and living standard. However, the level of access to credit differs among various regions and it has been affected by many factors. READ MORE

  6. 5. Entrepreneurship and Microfinance-A tool for empowerment of poor-Case of Akhuwat, Pakistan

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Zahid Mustafa; Nodirbek Ismailov; [2008]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Islamic Microfinance; Microfinance; Social Entrepreneurship; Empowerment; Poverty Reduction; Sustainable Development in Pakistan;

    Abstract : Purpose: Our main purpose is to carry out a research on combining microfinance with entrepreneurship for poverty alleviation, empowerment of poor and sustainable development. Target group: Students, researchers in Microfinance field, MFI’s, NGO’s and Governmental structures. READ MORE