Essays about: "Microcredits"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Microcredits.

  1. 1. Microcredits and the empowerment of Muslim female entrepreneurs : A comparative study on conventional microcredits and Islamic microcredits in empowering Muslim female entrepreneurs in Tanzania.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Yahye Khalif; Liiban Cabdirisaaq; [2019]
    Keywords : Microfinance; Islamic microfinance; Microcredits; Women empowerment; Resources; Agency; Achievements; Voice; Self-esteem; Self-reliance; Muslim female entrepreneurship; Islamic belief; Interest in Islam; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Previous research has emphasized the importance of promoting female entrepreneurship in developing countries. Women often lack assets, financial history and are disadvantaged in acquiring wage-employment. In Tanzania, female entrepreneurs face these constraints when seeking resources for entrepreneurial purposes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Beg, Borrow or Sell - The Impact of Microcredit on Financial Inclusion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Marie Thylén; Valter Selén; [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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Prisoners' Wives : Microcredit as a Contributior to Women Empowerment in Medellín, Colombia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Anna Wallström; Hanna Bergenblad; [2015]
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    Abstract : Microcredits is a widely researched topic within development research, however it seems like little research is done on how it helps to empower prisoners’ wives. The literature is mixed, with both positive and negative results of microfinance as a contributor to development, and the most known research on prisoners’ wives is almost 30 years old. READ MORE