Essays about: "Community bank"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 53 essays containing the words Community bank.

  1. 36. Rural Member-Based Microfinance Institutions : A field study assessing the impacts of SACCOS and VICOBA in Babati district, Tanzania

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Marie Ahlén; [2012]
    Keywords : community-based microfinance; microcredit; poverty reduction; obstacles; cooperative.;

    Abstract : Microfinance has spread rapidly since the 1970s and gained a lot of international attention. Advocates mean it is a good way to reduce poverty, but still there is no consensus within the research about the impacts of microfinance and its contribution to poverty reduction. READ MORE

  3. 37. Examining the Potentials for Women’s Empowerment through Micro-Credit Lending - A Case Study in Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anna Pelleberg; [2012]
    Keywords : micro-credit; empowerment; women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on an eight week long field-study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with the aim of examining the challenges and opportunities for women’s empowerment through taking a micro-credit loan within a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) named Village Community Bank (VICOBA). This is done because of the posed objective that micro-credit lending to women is a tool for empowering them, therefore it is relevant to identify challenges in order to understand the potential for women’s empowerment. READ MORE

  4. 38. Fair Value Accounting and Procyclical Behavior in the Swedish Banking Sector

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Brodén; Klas Olovsson; [2011-06-23]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Introduction The recent financial crisis has given rise to a discussion among academics and the general public on how accounting contributed to the calamity. Fair value accounting has been called into question as being procyclical. READ MORE

  5. 39. Everything must go. A Cambodia for Sale. How the Cambodian Legal System is allowing Extralegal Land Acquisitions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Carolyn Westeröd; [2011-05-18]
    Keywords : Internationell rätt;

    Abstract : Cambodia’s history of colonialism and an infamous communist regime has left the country with a legacy of corruption, weak rule of law and a lack of tenure security. The concept of land grabbing is becoming more and more frequent, while at the same time receiving a great deal of attention from NGOs and the international community. READ MORE

  6. 40. "It´s not what you know, it´s who you know". A Minor Field Study about a Philippine cooperative.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Sara Axelsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Social capital; cooperative; trust; conflict; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : According to the World Bank Group, social capital is an important factor in the process of fighting poverty in developing countries, and some researchers mean that cooperative organizations are the ultimate business model to create social capital (Majee & Hoyt, 2011). The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not social capital is emerging in a Philippine water cooperative, funded by the Swedish Cooperative Centre, located in Metro Manila. READ MORE