Essays about: "repayment performance in microfinance"

Found 3 essays containing the words repayment performance in microfinance.

  1. 1. “Accountability and women's empowerment: a case of Microfinance and Grameen Bank”.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sadat Aman Saad; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Microfinance is the small-scale provision of financial services to poor people, particularly to women. Over the last four decades, the World Bankhas promoted microfinance as a key tool for addressing poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment (Weber, 2016). READ MORE

  3. 2. Financial literacy and repayment problems among microcredit clients: A minor field study in Tanzania

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Gabrielle Tillberg; Tim Westander; [2015]
    Keywords : Financial literacy; Microcredit; Microfinance; Repayment problems; Tanzania;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the relationship between financial literacy and repayment problems among clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The awareness of financial literacy is continuing to increase while recent research has found significant correlation between financial literacy and financial performance and behaviours such as stock-market investment and pension planning. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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