Essays about: "international business thesis microfinance"

Found 4 essays containing the words international business thesis microfinance.

  1. 1. Comparing Microfinance and Education for Poverty Reduction – A Macro Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tobias Kienlein; [2016]
    Keywords : microfinance; poverty; poverty gap; education; country panel; comparison; fixed effects; random effects; instrumental variables; developing countries; macro perspective; development; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Better access to finance and higher education levels in a country are two major policy areas of governments and international development cooperation organisations for the goal of reducing poverty. Microfinance has become a popular instrument to facilitate access to finance, but comparative evidence on a macro scale is scarce. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is Trust a Necessity? - A case study of group lending within microfinance in the Mbarara district, Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Göransson; Anna Östergren; [2010]
    Keywords : Uganda; poverty; market failure; microfinance; social capital.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : One reason for poverty is that many people are denied access to financial markets. A new alternative way of providing credit to people living in a vulnerable economic situation is microfinance. Microfinance has often been a success story and one explanation has often been the impact of social capital. READ MORE

  4. 3. Commercializing a microfinance institution to maximize profit : (A study of the Sinapi Aba Microfinance Institution-Ghana)

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Daniel Allotey; [2008]
    Keywords : Microfinance; Sinapi Aba;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Date: 2008-06-23 Level: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration, Basic Level 300, 15 ECTS-Points Author: Daniel Allotey Tutor: Per Nordqvist Title: Commercializing a microfinance institution to maximize profit (A study of the Sinapi Aba Microfinance Institution-Ghana) Background: Microfinance is one major approach to offering financial services to the majority, (mainly poor people) in developing countries. Traditionally, most of these institutions largely operate based on support by international donor agencies. READ MORE

  5. 4. On the Role of Remittances in Microfinance - Creating Transnational Financial Services in El Salvador

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Åsa Hindenborg; [2007]
    Keywords : remittances; migration; El Salvador; Microfinance; Housing; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : More and more poor people regularly receive money transfers, remittances, from family members abroad as international migration increases. But since many poor and low-income people in developing countries lack access to financial services their opportunities to achieve investment goals, and thereby improve their living conditions, are limited. READ MORE