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microfinance and is regarded as ‘magical wand' of women empowerment. SHG (Self Help Groups) Federations is a development over it …
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decades, microfinance institutions (MFIs) have appeared as crucial tools not only to address the issue of poverty but also … encouraging women’s entrepreneurship. Hence, this paper not only examines empowerment, which women are attaining from microfinance …
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The study aims at testing the Ghana Microfinance Policy set up to support the vulnerable through access to credit. We … entrepreneurs in the rationing behavior of the microfinance companies. This is what we should expect if the policy is effective. Our … results show that even after controlling for a large number of borrower characteristics, microfinance type and credit …
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If wishes were horses, unemployed women in Nigeria would have long ridden out of the vicious circle. The democratic government in Nigeria which was inaugurated on May 29, 1999, started almost immediately to experiment on its promised Poverty Alleviation Programme (PAP). An objective review after...
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Social business is a growing phenomenon in the emerging economy due to its appeal toward reducing social problems from the society. Women’s, especially rural women’s, economic activities are mainly confined to the household chores because of the existing patriarchal norms of the society....
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Business leadership by women is a special challenge in Kosovo, as, until the 90s, it was almost taboo. In this context, from 2000 onwards in Kosovo, there have been many businesses run by businesswomen, which is a great contribution to the emancipation of modern society. Women's businesses in...
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