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The Microfinance Experiment: An Evaluation Of Programs And Effectiveness In St. Louis, Maxwell Miller
The Microfinance Experiment: An Evaluation Of Programs And Effectiveness In St. Louis, Maxwell Miller
Honors Scholar Theses
Widespread poverty remains a reality for many in both developed and developing countries. Policymakers, charitable organizations, and entrepreneurs have introduced diverse strategies to provide individuals and communities opportunities to rise from poverty. One such method is microfinance, a system developed by Muhammad Yunus in the early 1970s to provide small loans and financial services to borrowers too impoverished or otherwise lacking in credibility or collateral to be considered by traditional means of credit.
Since its inception, microfinance has spread among other countries to mixed success. While many researchers claim microfinance has proven to be an effective tool to combat poverty, …
From Inclusion To Empowerment: The Political Implications Of Microfinance, Kateri R. Ciccaglione
From Inclusion To Empowerment: The Political Implications Of Microfinance, Kateri R. Ciccaglione
Honors Scholar Theses
There has been extensive literature on the positive effects of microfinance in developing countries with regards to financial inclusion of the poor, economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper seeks to take these facts one step further, arguing that microfinance paves the way for the political empowerment of the poor because it creates social capital in developing economies. I make the case that a growth in social capital due to financial inclusion helps impoverished people realize their political potential by instilling a need for political awareness and increased participation in the political process. An analysis of the current literature concerning …
Determinants Of Poverty In Kenya: A Household Level Analysis, Alemayehu Geda, Niek De Jong, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu
Determinants Of Poverty In Kenya: A Household Level Analysis, Alemayehu Geda, Niek De Jong, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu
Economics Working Papers
Strategies aimed at poverty reduction need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that are amenable to modification by policy. This article uses household level data collected in 1994 to examine probable determinants of poverty status, employing both binomial and polychotomous logit models. The study shows that poverty status is strongly associated with the level of education, household size and engagement in agricultural activity, both in rural and urban areas. In general, those factors that are closely associated with overall poverty according to the binomial model are also important in the ordered-logit model, but they appear to …
Obstacles Faced By Emergency Food Providers In Serving The Hungry Of Connecticut, Jean Ann Anliker
Obstacles Faced By Emergency Food Providers In Serving The Hungry Of Connecticut, Jean Ann Anliker
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Elderly Population Of Connecticut: 1970, The, Kenneth Hadden, William Clark, Douglas Crockett
Elderly Population Of Connecticut: 1970, The, Kenneth Hadden, William Clark, Douglas Crockett
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.