Essays about: "social lending"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 33 essays containing the words social lending.

1. 26. Is Trust a Necessity? - A case study of group lending within microfinance in the Mbarara district, Uganda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Karin Göransson; Anna Östergren; [2010]
   Keywords : Uganda; poverty; market failure; microfinance; social capital.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : One reason for poverty is that many people are denied access to financial markets. A new alternative way of providing credit to people living in a vulnerable economic situation is microfinance. Microfinance has often been a success story and one explanation has often been the impact of social capital. READ MORE

3. 27. Investment Under Uncertainty : Risk Assessment in Emerging Market Countries

   University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Ivan Arkhipov; Marina Boltenko; [2009]
   Keywords : Risk Assessment; Emerging Markets; Investment; Bank Approach;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of the paper is to see how crediting institutions assess risks in emerging market countries. The paper describes prevalent economic and social conditions for each of the selected emerging market countries (Brazil, China, Kazakhstan, India, Russia and Ukraine) as examples of recent attractive investment locations in quest of higher returns. READ MORE

4. 28. A Critical View on CSR in Different Business Environments : a comparison of CSR between Sandvik Sweden, and State Grid Corporation, China

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle; Institutionen för teknik och byggd miljö

   Author : Jieyi Lei; Hui Ou; [2009]
   Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; Implementation of CSR; the 3C-SR model; Sandvik; State Grid Corporation of China; Responsible Competitiveness Index;

   Abstract : Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a global trend in different countries with diverse policy, culture, and CSR perspective and development level. Thus, we want to analysis CSR in different business environments and find out the gap they have. That is the original idea of our research. READ MORE

5. 29. Entrepreneurship and Microfinance-A tool for empowerment of poor-Case of Akhuwat, Pakistan

   University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

   Author : Zahid Mustafa; Nodirbek Ismailov; [2008]
   Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Islamic Microfinance; Microfinance; Social Entrepreneurship; Empowerment; Poverty Reduction; Sustainable Development in Pakistan;

   Abstract : Purpose: Our main purpose is to carry out a research on combining microfinance with entrepreneurship for poverty alleviation, empowerment of poor and sustainable development. Target group: Students, researchers in Microfinance field, MFI’s, NGO’s and Governmental structures. READ MORE

6. 30. Lithuanian loan market evaluation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Kristina Grigaite; Tamar Bezhanishvili; [2008]
   Keywords : evaluation; Lithuania; loan market; binary; pest; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : We think much of a current consumption is strongly based on various types of loans every person should have an idea about how the loan approval mechanism works. Because everybody wants to know if they have a possibility of getting a loan approval, almost all banks’ web pages have a maximum loan calculator, which gives a client a maximum loan amount he/she could borrow at a current date given certain factors (e. READ MORE