Essays about: "microfinance"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 125 essays containing the word microfinance.

1. 26. Exploring how microfinance institutions can enable access to financial services in rural areas of Rwanda : a case study of Réseau Interdiocésain de Microfinance

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Belise Mugwaneza; [2019]
   Keywords : microfinance institutions; rural communities; financial exclusion; financial relations; bottom of the pyramid; social capital; sites; situations and value proposition;

   Abstract : Most of rural based population in developing countries are poor and uneducated. Due to these conditions, rural communities do not attract traditional financial institutions. In response to the issue of financial exclusion, the existence of microfinance institutions has been embraced as a solution to avail financial services to rural communities. READ MORE

3. 27. Impact Investment: The Midway between Investment and Philanthropy

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Norë Arifi; Lukas Richter; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   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

4. 28. Microfinance in Ugandan coffee farming : a case study of coffee farmers in the Ugandan savings & credit cooperative “Buikwe Riis Coffee Farmers”

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Christian Pålsson; [2019]
   Keywords : agriculture; coffee farming; financial constraining; grounded theory; inductive; microfinance; qualitative; Uganda;

   Abstract : This thesis argues for utilizing microfinance when supporting Ugandan coffee farmers developing their coffee farming. To increase the effectiveness of microfinance in this context a modification of its repayment scheme is needed so it is to be more relatable to the special production properties that coffee farming inherently has. READ MORE

5. 29. Communicating online microfinance as an effective poverty alleviation tool: a case study of Kiva

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Stuart Grant; [2018]
   Keywords : Microfinance; Chains of equivalence; Kiva;

   Abstract : Microfinance is a significant component of financial inclusion, which has come to the fore in contemporary developmental literature and practice. It has been used as a poster child of millennial development. READ MORE

6. 30. Creating Social Good through Debts: Critical Discourse Analysis of Borrower Representations at Kiva

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Dragomir Dimitrov; [2018]
   Keywords : online lending; microfinance; representations; borrowers; critical discourse analysis; postcolonialism; kiva; global south; individual single parents;

   Abstract : Kiva is an international non-governmental organization that competes for funds with others in the field. As a consequence, some special relationships and dependencies are formed. This paper argues that among the most significant ones are the representations of borrowers on Kiva’s online lending platform. READ MORE