Essays about: "thesis on microfinance in economics"

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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. Microfinance and agricultural productivity - A study exploring the relationship between access to credit and agricultural productivity

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Simon Andersson; Albert Wallgren; [2022-07-08]
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    Abstract : This thesis establishes a macro-level analysis of how credit and microfinance affect agricultural productivity. We use fixed effects regression for panel data with countries as the cross-sectional variation from 2000 to 2018. READ MORE

  4. 3. Microfinance in Ugandan coffee farming : a case study of coffee farmers in the Ugandan savings & credit cooperative “Buikwe Riis Coffee Farmers”

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Christian Pålsson; [2019]
    Keywords : agriculture; coffee farming; financial constraining; grounded theory; inductive; microfinance; qualitative; Uganda;

    Abstract : This thesis argues for utilizing microfinance when supporting Ugandan coffee farmers developing their coffee farming. To increase the effectiveness of microfinance in this context a modification of its repayment scheme is needed so it is to be more relatable to the special production properties that coffee farming inherently has. READ MORE

  5. 4. Comparing Microfinance and Education for Poverty Reduction – A Macro Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tobias Kienlein; [2016]
    Keywords : microfinance; poverty; poverty gap; education; country panel; comparison; fixed effects; random effects; instrumental variables; developing countries; macro perspective; development; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Better access to finance and higher education levels in a country are two major policy areas of governments and international development cooperation organisations for the goal of reducing poverty. Microfinance has become a popular instrument to facilitate access to finance, but comparative evidence on a macro scale is scarce. READ MORE

  6. 5. Compatibility between Outreach and Efficiency in the Microfinance Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nathalie Nilsholm; Sandra Heidmann; [2012]
    Keywords : Microfinance; MFIs; Outreach; Efficiency; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether there existed a trade-off between outreach to the poor and efficiency of MFIs between year 2000 and 2010. The study is conducted on a sample of 1679 observations from countries worldwide and is analyzed through Stochastic Frontier Analysis. READ MORE