Essays about: "Mikrokredit"

Found 3 essays containing the word Mikrokredit.

  1. 1. Development Initiatives’ Impact on Women’s Empowerment : A Field Study on a Business Training and Microcredit Program in Kenya

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Josefin Grafford; Josefin Hansson; [2020]
    Keywords : Women’s empowerment; Development; Development initiatives; Poverty alleviation; Microcredit; Business training; Self-help groups; Gender inequality; Feminist theory; Kenya; Kvinnors egenmakt; Utveckling; Utvecklingsinitiativ; Fattigdomsbekämpning; Mikrokredit; Entreprenörskapsutbildning; Självhjälpsgrupper; Ojämställdhet; Feministisk teori; Kenya;

    Abstract : The primary goal of development organizations is poverty reduction, but their initiatives have in recent years also been recognized as a potential tool in empowering women and raising their status. Previous knowledge on the topic is largely based in an understanding of empowerment that seems to miss or overlook limitations and impacts of initiatives which authors with a more feminist view on empowerment address. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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. 3. Poverty and micro credit : a multidimensional impact study on indigenous women in rural Guatemala

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Hanna Wetterstrand; [2007]
    Keywords : micro finance; financial services; impact study; poverty; development; social capital; gender; Guatemala; MFS; field study;

    Abstract : The high level of economic inequality in the world today is an unacceptable. The poor people of the world lack several essential services, one of them being financial services. In order to achieve economic growth and higher incomes, capital investments are a key determinant. READ MORE