Sökning: "Microcredit Impact"

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

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Författare :Pontus Lindahl; Linda Mokvist; [2020]
    Nyckelord :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;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Impact of Microcredit Program on Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh

    Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet

    Författare :Gias Uddin Ahmed Choudhury; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Microcredit; Women Empowerment; Ordinary Least Squares; Probit Model; Instrumental Variable Regression.;

    Sammanfattning : Background – This study is an attempt to explore the relationship between microcredit and the socio-economic empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh. Microcredit is simply the extension of a small amount of collateral-free institutional loans to jointly liable poor group members to generate employment and income enhancing activities. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Development Initiatives’ Impact on Women’s Empowerment : A Field Study on a Business Training and Microcredit Program in Kenya

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Författare :Josefin Grafford; Josefin Hansson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Women’s empowerment; Development; Development initiatives; Poverty alleviation; Microcredit; Business training; Self-help groups; Gender inequality; Feminist theory; Kenya; Kvinnors egenmakt; Utveckling; Utvecklingsinitiativ; Fattigdomsbekämpning; Mikrokredit; Entreprenörskapsutbildning; Självhjälpsgrupper; Ojämställdhet; Feministisk teori; Kenya;

    Sammanfattning : The primary goal of development organizations is poverty reduction, but their initiatives have in recent years also been recognized as a potential tool in empowering women and raising their status. Previous knowledge on the topic is largely based in an understanding of empowerment that seems to miss or overlook limitations and impacts of initiatives which authors with a more feminist view on empowerment address. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Mikrolån i Indien : Regelverket och dess effekter

    Magister-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Författare :Maria Lind; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Microcredit; Regulation; India; Women Empowerment; Mikrolån; Regelverk; Indien;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis is to study microcredit regulation in India, how it is designed, and how it affects the borrowers. Since microfinance institutes (MFIs) often claim that microcredit is a tool for empowering women, the impact on women has been studied in particular in the thesis. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The relationship between microcredit and women’s empowerment and well-being : A minor field study in Bangladesh

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Författare :Sofia Ragnhammar; Ellen Samelius; [2019]
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    Sammanfattning : Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world and women are often subordinated men. As an attempt to reduce poverty and increase women’s empowerment, microcredit has been developed and offered to the poor, mostly to women. LÄS MER