The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a …

microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Kenya still face major challenges with efficiently and effectively delivering microfinance …Although microfinance has played a significant role in providing a wide range of financial products and services, many … greatly undermined the capabilities of MFIs to efficiently operate their services and expand their various microfinance …

This article looks at current microfinance practices in Kenya and some of the inherent challenges that hinder human … development of microfinance clients beyond accessing financial services. As microfinance providers and supporters continue to … augment their microfinance services with basic entrepreneurial training. …

In this paper the relationship is assessed between participation in microfinance program under SGSY scheme through …). Using Tobit Model with endogenous covariate method it is established that participation in microfinance program operating … MGNREGP initiated by the government. Hence, it came out from our investigation that microfinance participant member households …

microfinance program that typically excludes them. The extreme poor were provided income-generating assets and continued support … that such a big push has indeed significant impact on graduation to the regular microfinance program. Social capital has …

We study incumbency advantage and the electoral returns to pork and patronage over ten legislative periods from 1948 to …’s two main parties of government received significantly more preference votes when pork and patronage were steered to their …

municipal elections are approaching. These findings suggest that male mayors may promote more political patronage than female …