Essays about: "microcredit and economy"

Found 4 essays containing the words microcredit and economy.

  1. 1. Is Microcredit Enhancing Women Empowerment? A Case Study of Women in Jumla

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Bijita Shrestha Rydberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Women; Nepal; Jumla; Family; Migrate; Maoist insurgency; Globalization; Income-generating jobs; Government; INGO; NGO; Microcredit; Empowerment.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Women have been regarded as a disadvantaged group in Nepal (Aoki & Pradhan, 2013), because of the limited opportunities in these areas, women residing in rural parts of Nepal such as, Kudari VDC in Jumla, are particularly vulnerable. The women in Jumla normally are involved in daily household jobs like cooking, cleaning, washing, feeding the cattle etc. READ MORE

  3. 2. Microcredits: a success or a fairytale? : A study of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh by using secondary data

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Destina Sönmez; [2014]
    Keywords : microcredits; economic growth; poverty alleviation; women empowerment; bangladesh; women; grameen bank; mikrokrediter; tillväxt; fattigdomsbekämpning; självständighet. bangladesh; kvinnor; grameen bank;

    Abstract : The global economy celebrates microcredit as poverty alleviation for the individual and as a way to boost a country’s economic growth. This study examines if results from previous research on Grameen Bank’s microcredits are supported by statistics. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women and development: the role of Cameroonian women in poverty alleviation.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Mirabel Lumsi; [2012]
    Keywords : Cameroonian Women; Poverty Alleviation; Development; Microfinance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Cameroonian women have many skills and talents which can enable them to make the economy of Cameroon better, but due to many political, social, economic barriers, they fail to use these skills and talents to the fullest.But thanks to microfinance organization they are able to move from darkness to light. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring the Roles of Informal, Formal, and Semiformal Microcredit in Jordan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mikael Fridell; [2007]
    Keywords : Microcredit; Interaction; Islamic Financial Services; Jordan; Middle East; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : As the title suggests, this thesis is an exploration of the roles of different sources of microcredit in Jordan. These sources include the informal, formal, and semiformal sectors of microcredit. READ MORE