Essays about: "Financial services and poverty reduction"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Financial services and poverty reduction.
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1. Square-pegs for Round Holes? What’s the Problem Represented to be in Public Sector Reform in Zambia?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Efforts to reform the public sectors of Zambia have been ongoing since the 1990s with objectives to ensure efficient and high-quality provision of public goods and services to all citizens and battling persistently high levels of poverty. Outcomes have however been mixed at best. READ MORE
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2. MOBILE MONEY AS A FINANCIAL INCLUSION TOOL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION A cross-country analysis of low- and middle-income countries
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis aims to examine if mobile money can act as a financial inclusion tool to reduce poverty levels in low- and middle-income countries. In contrast to the majority of the literature within its research field, this thesis observes the relationship on an aggregate cross-country level instead of using data on an individual or household level, in order to fully examine the impacts on national poverty levels. READ MORE
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3. Can the Guarantee Instrument Fight Poverty? : A Minor Field Study in the Morogoro Region in Tanzania
University essay from Linköpings universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : The role of access to finance for economic development has received extensive attention recently, which has brought the issue to the top of the policy agenda. The growing attention has resulted in several public policy initiatives to encourage access to financial services, especially in low-income countries where credit constraints are severe. READ MORE
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4. Feminist perspectives on women empowerment in Tanzania : A case study of why economic development is not enough
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : Tanzania has in the recent years kept a steady economic growth and the poverty rate has fallen significantly. At the same time, informal financial services have increased in popularity as a tool for poverty reduction. Previous research claims that gender equality will progress when economic development is taking place. READ MORE
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5. Breaking the Vicious Circle of Poverty
University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : During the last decade microfinance has become the latest trend in the development discourse, celebrated for empowering poor women to work their way out of poverty. Self-Employed Women’s Associations, SEWA, was alongside Grameen Bank one of the pioneers in the microfinance sector and has developed an integrated approach based on the life cycle needs of the members that is assumed to help them break the vicious circle of poverty. READ MORE
