countries where the proportion of people in poverty is high. The existing microfinance in Nigeria serves less than 1 million … recent years microfinance has emerged as an important instrument to relieve poverty in the developing countries. Today there … Nigeria, account for about 0.2 percent of the GDP and is less than one percent of total credit in the economy. Addressing this …

insufficient and inefficient in Nigeria. It pleads for the introduction of Islamic micro financing in the country for a variety of …

This paper investigates the effects of microfinance on micro and small business growth in Nigeria. The objectives are … regression analysis to analyze a survey of 502 randomly selected enterprises finance by microfinance banks in Nigeria. We find … strong evidence that access to microfinance does not enhance growth of micro and small enterprises in Nigeria. However, other …

Interest in microfinance has soared in the recent time and the instrument is now seen as one of the most potent tools … to tackle poverty in the developing countries. Nigeria with the worst poverty situation has therefore embraced the … strategy. This paper has pictured microfinance as a financing strategy for poverty alleviation, and hence economic empowerment …

This paper starts from the observation that 23% of the world’s microfinance institutions (MFIs) manage without …

by three indicators related to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and then examine its effect on poverty reduction at the …

Microfinance has emerged as a leading programme for poverty reduction round the globe. Indian microfinance sector has … investors and donors, both domestic and international. In India many microfinance institutions (MFIs) have come into being … analysing demographic profile, study socio-economic profile, and analyse the loan utilisation pattern and impact of microfinance …

This paper shines light on subsidy-dependent microfinance institutions (MFIs). Firstly, our model shows that subsidy …

This paper starts from the observation that 23% of the world’s microfinance institutions (MFIs) manage without …