Essays about: "microfinance investment funds"

Found 5 essays containing the words microfinance investment funds.

1. 1. A Path Towards Empowerment? : A study on the perceptions of Men and Masculinities within Microfinance Investment Funds

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Moa Berming; [2024]
   Keywords : Microfinance; microfinance investment funds; gender; men and masculinities; empowerment models; hegemonic masculinities;

   Abstract : Feminist research as well as the growing field of ‘Men and Masculinities’ have identified how targeting women and excluding men from development initiatives could have unintended repercussions. As a common tool for development, microfinance is a fitting representation for this emphasis on women. READ MORE

3. 2. Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan level in commercial banking sector in Rwanda : Effect of interest rates volatility on non-performing loan in Rwanda

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

   Author : Nsengiyumva Samson; [2023]
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   Abstract : The financial sector in Rwanda is composed of two major categories of financial institutions. The first category consists of banking institutions that include commercial and investment banks, microfinance banks, microfinance institutions and SACCOS. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. On the performance of microfinance investment funds - A quantitative study of the financial performance of 83 funds from 1998 to 2015

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Madeleine Brandt; Caroline Nacksten; [2015]
   Keywords : Microfinance investment vehicles; Microfinance investment funds; CAPM; Mutual fund performance; Socially responsible investments;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the financial performance of microfinance investment funds (MFIFs), which are social impact investments investing in microfinance institutions (MFIs). Given that microfinance customers live in developing regions and pursue entrepreneurial businesses, the returns of MFIFs are supposedly uncorrelated with developed markets, and therefore marketed as providing investors with a diversification benefit. READ MORE

6. 5. 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