Essays about: "Micro finance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words Micro finance.

1. 1. Are concessional state loans available to every SME? - Challenges and opportunities in the provision of concessional state loans for micro and small businesses engaged in tourism in the regions of Azerbaijan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Elmar Hajiyev; [2023]
   Keywords : Tourism and development; Micro and small businesses; Access to finance; Concessional state loans; Environmental factors; Supply-side factors; Demand-side factors; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Tourism is considered one of the main driving forces of economic growth. At the same time, micro and small businesses play a vital role in the development of the tourism sector as a supply side. Also, the development of entrepreneurial activity directly depends on internal and external financial resources. READ MORE

3. 2. Green corporate loans : A model-creating study exploring what information is used and its role when assessing green corporate loans

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Rydén; Lourdes Zemariam Ermias; [2023]
   Keywords : Green Finance; Green Corporate Loans; Hard Information; Soft Information; Information Asymmetry; Relationship Lending; Transactional Lending;

   Abstract : Banks have a vital role in the society-wide green transition. However, the field of green finance is relatively unexplored in academia. READ MORE

4. 3. The sources and dynamics of technological change in cassava farming in Ghana

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Chekhros Kilichova; [2023]
   Keywords : Ghana; cassava; technology adoption; agricultural transformation; farm size; agricultural extension service; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Farm size expansion in some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Ghana, is a recent phenomenon, and is indicative of the agricultural transformation process taking place in the region. Technology use and adoption level is an integral and complex part of this process, which is studied in relation to the expanding farm sizes and agricultural transformation in this study. READ MORE

5. 4. Carbon Premium & Policy Uncertainty: An Analysis of Correlation Between Carbon Exposure and Stock Returns, and the Impact of Presidential Elections on Carbon Risk.

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Sander Hugosson; Jacob Lundquist; [2022]
   Keywords : Carbon premium; Stock returns; Sustainable finance; Presidential elections; Carbon emissions;

   Abstract : Earth's climate is changing, but the timing and extent of policy responses remain uncertain. This paper aims to test the correlation between firms' carbon emissions and stock returns. The analysis is two-leveled; a general test throughout the period 2012 to 2022, and two separate tests surrounding the last two American presidential elections. READ MORE

6. 5. Do we have a feasible case for an economy-wide UBI policy that is a Pareto Improvement over the status-quo?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Pratanu Mitra; Mattias Windahl; [2021]
   Keywords : Universal Basic Income; Social Welfare; Financial Inter-mediation; Household Finance; Normative implications of UBI;

   Abstract : The question, merits and normative underpinnings of a Universal Basic Income policy have a long-standing genealogy in the various schools of thought that straddle economic reasoning. The demand for an exercise in dynamic general equilibrium macroeconomics, with microeconomic foundations, has been expressed by Ghatak and Maniquet (2019), Banerjee et al. READ MORE