Sökning: "VSLA"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade ordet VSLA.

  1. 1. Female Empowerment through Village Savings and Loan Associations in Rwanda

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Mikaela Eriksson; Ellen Kyhle; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Female Empowerment; Village Savings and Loan Associations; VSLA; Microfinance; Vi Agroforestry; Rwanda;

    Sammanfattning : The village-based microfinance approach Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) has been implemented in developing countries for three decades, and is found to be an effective tool in alleviating poverty and facilitating access to financial services in rural areas.  This study, done in collaboration with Vi Agroforestry, aimed to investigate the impact of VSLA activities on female empowerment in Rwanda, and more specifically, how women's access to and control over assets have been affected by VSLA participation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Kvinnor och "Village Savings and Loan Associations" i Uganda : En kvalitativ studie om kvinnors upplevelser av VSLA-gruppers inverkan på deras livsomständigheter

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Anna Tilly Karlsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :VSLA; microfinance; women; empowerment; rural Uganda; liberalism; postcolonial feminism; Human Rights Based Approach; VSLA; mikrofinans; kvinnor; empowerment; ugandiska landsbygden; liberalism; postkolonial feminism; Human Rights Based Approach;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to look in to how microfinance through the VSLAmodel has affected life circumstances of women in rural parts of Uganda. The study also examines whether participation in VSLA-groups leads to empowerment. The results have been derived from qualitative fieldwork, based on semi-structured interviews. LÄS MER

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

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Access to Financial Services and Women´s Empowerment

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Författare :Tobias Lindé; Madelene Spencer; [2015-09-07]
    Nyckelord :microfinance; empowerment; VSL; Malawi;

    Sammanfattning : The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between membership in a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) in rural Malawi and the empowerment of women. The data used in this study was collected through individual interviews with members of a VSLA operated by a local NGO. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Is Credit Enough? The Critical Component of Business Training for Microentrepreneurial Performance

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Författare :Louise Lombach; Joneca Meurling; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Microentrepreneurship; Microfinance; Business Training; Human Capital; Financial Capital;

    Sammanfattning : Due to commercialization of the microfinance industry, fewer MFIs offer business training to their clients. The debate whether commercialization of microfinance is good or not takes two positions; the minimalist model which emphasizes that specialization on credit alone is the key to poverty alleviation, and the credit-plus approach in which credit alone will not accomplish poverty reduction. LÄS MER