Essays about: "microfinance challenges"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words microfinance challenges.

1. 1. Digital Microfinance in a ‘Digital Bangladesh’ - Organizational Challenges for Microfinance Institutes towards Digital Financial Inclusion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Aquib MD Sadman Bari; [2021]
   Keywords : Microfinance; Digitization; Financial Inclusion; Digital Financial Services; Bangladesh; Diffusion of innovations; Organizational capacity; Digital innovations; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the growing concept of Digital Financial Inclusion by exploring the challenges that Microfinance Institutes (MFIs) experience to provide financial services to the unbanked population in Bangladesh. Though there is an emergence of digital financial services provided by the commercial banks based on the infrastructural development initiative taken by the Bangladeshi Government’s ‘Digital Bangladesh’ agenda, only a few MFIs are investing their resources in digital innovations to strengthen their activities. READ MORE

3. 2. Impact of Internal Control on Fraud Detection and Prevention in Microfinance Institutions

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för företagsekonomi; Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

   Author : YOLANDA AJI ABEI; [2021]
   Keywords : Internal control; Fraud prevention; Fraud detection; Microfinance Institution.;

   Abstract : Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are an important tool of poverty reduction which has gained grounds over the years and grown rapidly given the services they provide. The rapid growth of the MFIs has had huge challenges on their regulatory framework which in turn has resulted in the prevalence of fraudulent cases. READ MORE

4. 3. Saving for Change : A field study of Saving Groups impact on women’s empowerment in Uganda

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Sanna Börjeson; [2019]
   Keywords : Women’s Empowerment; Uganda; Microfinance; Saving Groups; Gender Equality;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the role self-help microfinance Saving Groups play in women’s empowerment in villages in Mbale district, Uganda. Central for the study is to identify the challenges and opportunities that participation in Saving Groups brings in women’s everyday life. READ MORE

5. 4. Impact Investment: The Midway between Investment and Philanthropy

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Norë Arifi; Lukas Richter; [2019]
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   Abstract : Impact investment is an innovation in the finance field, thus contributing to further development of social finance. This kind of investment is essential due to its ability to help reach the SDGs. The biggest challenges our generation has to address are represented through the SDGs. Impact investing offers a viable potential to tackle these goals. READ MORE

6. 5. Investment and Development Impact of Microfinance Institutions : A case study of Ghana

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

   Author : Yaw Francis Eduonu Duah; Eleanor Neequaye; Emmanuel Annan Kissedu; [2012]
   Keywords : Microfinance; Micro Finance Institutions; Micro and Small-Scale Enterprise; Investment; Development; Poverty. ;

   Abstract : This study with its two-fold objectives undertakes a descriptive analysis of how Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have evolved into its multi-tiered state in Ghana and how their development has impacted other stakeholders in Ghana’s economy especially Micro and Small-Scale Enterprises (MSEs). Additionally, this study undertakes an empirical and exploratory case study to investigate how MFIs in Ghana are influencing access to finance by MSEs. READ MORE