Essays about: "Microcredit"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 54 essays containing the word Microcredit.

  1. 11. Beg, Borrow or Sell - The Impact of Microcredit on Financial Inclusion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Valter Selén; Marie Thylén; [2017]
    Keywords : Microcredits; financial inclusion; small- and medium-size enterprises; Botswana; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Microcredits have alternately been hailed as the future of developing economics and criticised for becoming a one size fits all-solution to complex issues. This paper is an attempt to add to a growing literature on the impact of microcredits on different stakeholders in the developing world. READ MORE

  3. 12. Born, Trained or Excluded Microentrepreneur

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Johanna Eriksson; Madeleine Wollin; [2017]
    Keywords : Microentrepreneurship; Microfinance; Commercialization; Training; Sri Lanka; Mikroentreprenörskap; Mikrofinans; Kommersialisering; Träning; Sri Lanka;

    Abstract : Purpose– The assumption that microcredit alone can contribute to worldwide povertyalleviation is debated, the opponents voicing the need of non-credit services in addition togive the poor access to capital. Social intermediation services are argued to be essential inmaking a difference in a time where the impact of microfinance itself has been reappraised inseveral studies. READ MORE

  4. 13. Following Best Practices in Microfinance: The case of Disabled People’s Organisations in Nepal

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Hannes Juhlin Lagrelius; [2016]
    Keywords : Best practice; Financial inclusion; Disability; DPO; Empowerment; Inclusive development; Management; Marginalisation; Microfinance; Microcredit; Nepal; Organisation; Self-Help Group;

    Abstract : Microfinance has generally been acclaimed as one way to reduce poverty through the provision of financial services targeting the previously “unbankable” poor. Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are amongst society’s most excluded groups financially and the absence of PWDs within mainstream Microfinance urges Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) to directly engage in Microfinance. READ MORE

  5. 14. Is Microcredit Enhancing Women Empowerment? A Case Study of Women in Jumla

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Bijita Shrestha Rydberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Women; Nepal; Jumla; Family; Migrate; Maoist insurgency; Globalization; Income-generating jobs; Government; INGO; NGO; Microcredit; Empowerment.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Women have been regarded as a disadvantaged group in Nepal (Aoki & Pradhan, 2013), because of the limited opportunities in these areas, women residing in rural parts of Nepal such as, Kudari VDC in Jumla, are particularly vulnerable. The women in Jumla normally are involved in daily household jobs like cooking, cleaning, washing, feeding the cattle etc. READ MORE

  6. 15. Inequality and Poverty Reduction. An analysis and comparison of World Bank projects implementing Microcredits and Conditional Cash Transfers in Bangladesh.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Claudia Simone Mallschützke; [2015]
    Keywords : inequality; conditional cash transfers; microcredit; Bangladesh; World Bank; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) and microcredits are popular within the development community as poverty reduction instruments. Amartya Sen has proposed a holistic approach to development, poverty and inequality that does not see an increase in income as the aim of development. READ MORE