Essays about: "thesis on microfinance in economics"

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1. 11. 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

3. 12. Microfinance, Financial Systems and Economic Growth - A Theoretical Framework and Findings from Bolivia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Svensson; [2007]
   Keywords : economic growth; Bolivia; Microfinance; financial systems; micro-enterprises; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine what implications microfinance may have for economic growth by exploring the linkages of microfinance, the financial system and economic growth. Due to the lack of previous studies explicitly linking microfinance to economic growth, the weight of the thesis falls on developing a theoretical framework where the different channels to economic growth can be discerned. READ MORE

4. 13. Female Entrepreneurs in Microfinance –A Field Study to Serbia and Montenegro

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Arvidsson; [2006]
   Keywords : development; empowerment; gender equality; Microfinance; female entrepreneurs; Serbia; Montenegro; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : With a special emphasize on female entrepreneurs, this Master Thesis evaluates the access to credit for poor female entrepreneurs in Serbia and Montenegro. Secondly, it evaluates if targeting women in microfinance will enhance the empowerment of women as well as economic development. READ MORE