Essays about: "Microfinance and its impact"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Microfinance and its impact.

  1. 1. Banking the unbanked: Financial inclusion and economic sustainable development for women? : Decolonial perspectives on the gendered migration-remittances-development nexus

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Heidi Källoff; [2020]
    Keywords : Remittances; the global remittance trend; financial inclusion; economic democratization; sustainable development; austerity; gender mainstreaming; migration management; transnational business feminism; decoloniality; decolonialism;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, a new trend of Global Remittances has emerged within the international development community, especially a growing interest in women’s migration and remittances, and their potential for poverty reduction and economic growth. Due to the staggering amount of transnational money transfers, migrant remittances have become a central component in multilateral discussions on alternative development financing, and has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Impact Investment: The Midway between Investment and Philanthropy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Norë Arifi; Lukas Richter; [2019]
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    Abstract : Impact investment is an innovation in the finance field, thus contributing to further development of social finance. This kind of investment is essential due to its ability to help reach the SDGs. The biggest challenges our generation has to address are represented through the SDGs. Impact investing offers a viable potential to tackle these goals. READ MORE

  5. 4. "I want money to change my life" : Influence of VSLA methodology on women's economic empowerment, Likuyani division, Kenya

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Simfors; [2017]
    Keywords : Female empowerment; Village Saving and Loan Association; Vi Agroforestry; Kenya;

    Abstract : In the last couple of years, informal savings groups have emerged as an alternative to formal microfinance institutions. These groups are, according to theory, assumed to empower women and to reduce poverty. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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