Essays about: "thesis on microfinance institutions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words thesis on microfinance institutions.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. ACCESSING MICROFINANCE THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY : A Case Study of Hand in Hand Eastern Africa’s Operations in Kenya

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Pontus Lindahl; Linda Mokvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Financial Literacy; Microfinance; Microcredit; Women Empowerment; Financial Inclusion; Social Capital; Social Learning Theory; Dynamic Capabilities; Poverty Alleviation; Developing Countries; Kenya; Bottom of the Pyramid; Hand in Hand andHand in Hand Eastern Africa;

    Abstract : In 2015, United Nations implemented seventeen Sustainable Development Goals along with 169 sub-targets with the ambition to transform the world through achieving sustainable development and, hence annihilate poverty. In light of the foregoing, both authoritative and non-governmental entities accentuated the significance of ‘financial inclusion’ which, in turn, has developed into an evangelical advocacy reminiscent of the extensive publicity that microfinance received at the end of last century which, in turn, has led to an unprecedented passion among philanthrocapitalists, transnational corporations, and other benefactors to financially and socially assist the impoverished. READ MORE

  4. 3. "I want money to change my life" : Influence of VSLA methodology on women's economic empowerment, Likuyani division, Kenya

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Simfors; [2017]
    Keywords : Female empowerment; Village Saving and Loan Association; Vi Agroforestry; Kenya;

    Abstract : In the last couple of years, informal savings groups have emerged as an alternative to formal microfinance institutions. These groups are, according to theory, assumed to empower women and to reduce poverty. 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. Remittances, Moral Hazard and Monitoring: A Study on the Effects of Microfinance Institutions' Monitoring on Opportunistic Remittance Receivers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sara Bivebäck; Nga Nguyen; [2014]
    Keywords : remittances; moral hazard; monitoring; labor supply; microfinance;

    Abstract : The canonical tradeoff between risks and incentives is in this study applied in a new setting: between a migrant and her relatives remaining at home. Receiving monetary remittances (private cash or in kind transfers) from the migrant reduces the risk of income shortfalls, which simultaneously creates disincentives for the receivers at home to work. READ MORE