poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows enhance economic growth and reduce … poverty. However, the income distribution typically becomes more unequal. In particular, FDI widens income disparities between … urban and rural areas. The Bolivian government may promote growth-enhancing and poverty-alleviating effects of FDI by …

This study explores the impact of microcredit on economic, educational, and empowerment levels of women from the … implemented here since the 1980s. The author created a control group from women who had never taken out a microcredit. The study … employs the use of an established poverty scorecard to measure poverty levels over time. Using a comparative approach that …

Both in its institutional range and in its penetration of financial markets, the microfinance sector in Bolivia rivals … specifically to assess its impact on poverty, and do this through small-sample surveys on four microfinance institutions, two urban … be promising for the further reduction of poverty in Bolivia: stronger efforts to mobilise rural savings, removal of …

by three indicators related to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and then examine its effect on poverty reduction at the …This article is distinct in its application of the logit transformation to the poverty ratio for the purpose of … statistically significant and robust effect on decreasing the poverty ratio. …

This study examines whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) that serve women borrowers at the base of the economic … women borrowers face poverty and disempowerment and are therefore susceptible to abuse). This study provides evidence that … and economic data of a sample of MFIs from across the world, we find that two contextual factors—poverty level and lack of …

For women microentrepreneurs, access to financial services matters. It is critical to their ability to make productive … investments in their businesses. As part of IDB's efforts to strengthen women's roles in economic development, the Women in … Development Unit undertook a study to analyze the kinds of financial services available to women microentrepreneurs. It examined …

to underline the positive corollary existing between the targeting of women by microfinance programs, on the one hand …The present paper aims to adduce succinctly the reasons and arguments sustaining female-targeting microfinance programs …, predominantly because of their capacity of offering an effective and operational tool against poverty. The herewith paper basically …

Multiple Meanings of Money: How Women See Microfinance by Smita Premchander, V. Prameela, M. Chidambaranathan, L …

For women microentrepreneurs, access to financial services matters. It is critical to their ability to make productive … investments in their businesses. As part of IDB's efforts to strengthen women's roles in economic development, the Women in … Development Unit undertook a study to analyze the kinds of financial services available to women microentrepreneurs. It examined …