Essays about: "microfinance and development"

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  1. 16. Development and Determinants of Credit Interest Rates of Microfinance Institutions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Christian Weigert; [2017]
    Keywords : Microfinance; Microcredit Supply; Interest Rates; Financial Development;

    Abstract : As millions of poor borrowers rely on microcredit products to finance various aspects of their lives, the price of such products cannot be rated important enough. This study analyzes the development and determinants of credit interest rates of microfinance institutions globally between 2005 and 2014. READ MORE

  3. 17. 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. 18. DETERMINANTS OF PROFITABILITY IN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Johan Börjesson; Adam Hultén; [2016-12-19]
    Keywords : Credit; Development; Microfinance JEL Classifications: O1; G210;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate and present the most prominent determinants of pro tability of micro nance institutions (MFI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Creating an empirical framework including variables concluded to be of protruding e ect to pro tability and adapting it to the micro nance eld, we are able to isolate the determinants which play the central role in this emerging market. READ MORE

  5. 19. Empowered rural women cooperatives : a sustainable strategy for rural development and change in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Nnenna Christiana Okafor; [2016]
    Keywords : rural women association; microfinance; rural development; empowerment; Niger Delta region;

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  6. 20. 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