Essays about: "Rural micro-credit loans"

Found 4 essays containing the words Rural micro-credit loans.

  1. 1. Impact of Microcredit Program on Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Gias Uddin Ahmed Choudhury; [2020]
    Keywords : Microcredit; Women Empowerment; Ordinary Least Squares; Probit Model; Instrumental Variable Regression.;

    Abstract : Background – This study is an attempt to explore the relationship between microcredit and the socio-economic empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh. Microcredit is simply the extension of a small amount of collateral-free institutional loans to jointly liable poor group members to generate employment and income enhancing activities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Access to Rural Credit and Its Effects on Income Equality: Study about rural households in Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Davíð Ellertsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Vietnam; household survey; rural credit; income inequality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis uses Vietnamese household’s surveys from 2006 and 2008 to assess income inequality in Vietnam and households access to credit in order to boost their income. Three econometric models are introduced to explain which factors affect income, household’s value and loan value, all important factors in order to obtain loans in theory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impact of Microfinance on Living Standards, Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation of Poor People: A Case Study on Microfinance in the Chittagong District of Bangladesh

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Mohammad Arifujjaman Khan; Mohammed Anisur Rahaman; [2007]
    Keywords : Microfinance;

    Abstract : Microfinance is not a new development. Its origin can be traced back to 1976, when Muhammad Yunus set up the Grameen Bank, as experiment, on the outskirts of Chittagong University campus in the village of Jobra, Bangladesh. READ MORE

  5. 4. Assessment of the Role of Micro-credit in the Development of Social Capital : A Field Study about Micro-credit Programme Clients in Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Tm Abdullah Al Mamun; [2005]
    Keywords : South Asia; Bangladesh; Micro-credit; women; NGO; social capital; women s empowerment; network; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to investigate how does the micro-credit does, small scale loans to poor people, work in poverty alleviation and building social capital in rural Bangladesh. The major objective of the study is to show how the NGO activities help to increase women's access to micro-finance, generate new income earning opportunities, and to enhance social mobilization and create formal network, norms and trust for collective action and thus develop social capital. READ MORE