Essays about: "microfinance and its impact on poverty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words microfinance and its impact on poverty.

1. 1. Banking the unbanked: Financial inclusion and economic sustainable development for women? : Decolonial perspectives on the gendered migration-remittances-development nexus

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Heidi Källoff; [2020]
   Keywords : Remittances; the global remittance trend; financial inclusion; economic democratization; sustainable development; austerity; gender mainstreaming; migration management; transnational business feminism; decoloniality; decolonialism;

   Abstract : Over the last decade, a new trend of Global Remittances has emerged within the international development community, especially a growing interest in women’s migration and remittances, and their potential for poverty reduction and economic growth. Due to the staggering amount of transnational money transfers, migrant remittances have become a central component in multilateral discussions on alternative development financing, and has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE

3. 2. "I want money to change my life" : Influence of VSLA methodology on women's economic empowerment, Likuyani division, Kenya

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Simfors; [2017]
   Keywords : Female empowerment; Village Saving and Loan Association; Vi Agroforestry; Kenya;

   Abstract : In the last couple of years, informal savings groups have emerged as an alternative to formal microfinance institutions. These groups are, according to theory, assumed to empower women and to reduce poverty. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Assessing the validity of microcredit impact studies in Uganda : Assessing the validity of microcredit impact studies in Uganda

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : CEASER ARUA; [2014]
   Keywords : validity; micro credit; development and impact assessment;

   Abstract : A number of developing countries including Uganda have of recent experienced tremendous growth of microfinance industry in financial and credit service provision. Microfinance development in developing countries and its’ impacts on the poor’s livelihood have been a central point of focus by academic community and development stakeholders. READ MORE

6. 5. Poverty reduction and sustainability of rural livelihoods through microfinance institutions. : A case of BRAC Microfinance, Kakondo sub-county Rakai district Uganda.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Doreen Nakiyimba; [2014]
   Keywords : Microfinance; poverty alleviation; sustainable livelihoods.;

   Abstract : Microfinance is perceived to be one of the poverty alleviation mechanisms in poor countries today. This study was set out to find out what impact microfinance has on the livelihoods of women in Kakondo sub-county, Rakai district in Uganda. READ MORE