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IMPROVING RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME THROUGH MICROCREDIT SCHEME FOCUSED ON WOMEN IN NORTHERN CROSS RIVER

Empowerment, 2022
The study objective is to analyze the effect microcredit scheme on household income in Northern Cross River State. The convenient sampling technique was used in collecting data from three Local Government Area that make up Northern Cross River State. The
Pius Unim Angioha, Omang Achoda Thomas, Mary U Ojong-Ejoh, Butum Eyong Bassey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Good debts, bad debts: Microcredit and managing debt in rural south India

Journal of Agrarian Change, 2020
This paper engages with debates around microcredit, once a development success story, but now much critiqued. Arguing that microcredit can only be understood within the wider context of debt, we draw on ethnographic material from two villages in Tamil ...
G. Carswell, G. De Neve, S. Ponnarasu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rules of the Game and Efficacy of Public Microcredit Schemes: Evidence from Selected Borrowers in Malawi

Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
This paper contributes to the scholarly debates that question the efficacy of microcredit schemes in development programming. Dominant political economy debates posit that microcredit schemes have failed to achieve the envisaged financial inclusion and ...
Richard Zidana, Bryson Nkhoma, Victor Kasulo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Microcredit on Profit Efficiency of Small-Scale Poultry Farmers Oyo State, Nigeria

Agricultura, 2021
This study investigated the effect of microcredit on profit efficiency of small-scale poultry farmers in Oyo State. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select two hundred poultry farmers for the study. Data collected were analysed using descriptive
R. Orimogunje, A. Ogunleye, A. Kehinde
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From wealth to health: evaluating microfinance as a complex intervention [PDF]

, 2017
Innovative interventions that address the social determinants of health are required to help reduce persistent health inequalities. We argue that microcredit can act in this way and develop a conceptual framework from which to examine this.
Biosca , Olga, Donaldson, Cam, McHugh, Neil   +2 more
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Impact of microcredit on the performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Yemen

Cogent Economics & Finance
This study examines the impact of microcredit on the performance of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Yemen, focusing on the mediating role of beneficiary satisfaction.
Osamah Ahmed AL-Maamari, Nadeem Aljonaid, Noufal Alrefaei   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Youth Entrepreneurship, Credit Access and Post‐Disaster Business Recovery: Evidence From Informal Food Enterprises in Ghana

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how access to finance (credit access) influences business recovery and entrepreneurial performance among youth‐led informal food enterprises in Ghana, with implications for financial inclusion, entrepreneurial ability and post‐crisis business resilience in developing economies.
Bernard Kwamena Cobbina Essel, Ebenezer Donkor, Ayat Ullah, Faizal Adams, Miroslava Bavorova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Role of Microcredit on Agricultural Output in Rural-Bangladesh [PDF]

Annals of the University of Craiova for Journalism, Communication and Management
Microcredit or Microfinance is being considered as one of the investment-sources for local farmers who want to cultivate their land. It is highly difficult for local-farmers to collect fund for field-level investment, these farmers select micro-credit ...
Md. Imrul Hasan, Tanbir Hossain, Sree. Dip Kumar Moholdar, Md. Sohel Rana   +3 more
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A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

More than credit: Exploring associations between microcredit programs and maternal and reproductive health service utilization in India

SSM: Population Health, 2019
Microcredit programs are increasingly popular interventions aimed at enabling women's economic empowerment in low- and middle-income countries. Resultant improved income, and social support from co-members of microcredit programs, may lead to increased ...
Nabamallika Dehingia, Abhishek Singh, Anita Raj, Lotus McDougal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source