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Digital skills and the use of digital platforms in the informal sector: A case study among Jua Kali Artisans in Nairobi in Kenya

Momanyi, Christopher; Riechi, Andrew Rasugu; Khatete, … - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 11 (2024) 1, pp. 96-118

Context: For many businesses, one of the key indicators in their management is the adaptation of Information Technology in their operations. In Kenya, there has been a phenomenal growth in access to mobile phones, by June 2023, over 66 million mobile phones were connected to various...

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Microfinance mission drift in Nigeria

Segun, Olusegun Toyin - In: West African Journal of Monetary and Economic Integration 17 (2017) 1, pp. 86-98

Using panel data methodology, the study employs dataset of 752 microfinance banks (MFBs) during the period 2011 to 2014 …, to test for the existence of mission drift in Nigeria. The result suggests that sustainable microfinance banks tend to be … more focused on poor clients, which implies increased depth of outreach of microfinance banks in Nigeria. This result …

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Microfinance institutions' criteria on small business financing in Cameroon

Elle, Serge Messomo - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 21 (2019) 2, pp. 24-45

This study uses MFIs as a unit of analysis to examine the factors of human, financial and social capital that increase the financing of microenterprises' identification of opportunities and exploitation in Cameroon .To attain this objective, a questionnaire was used to collect data from 207 MFIs...

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Determinants of Village Savings and Loans Association membership and savings amounts in Awutu Senya West District of Ghana

Alesane, Aaron; Yussif, Kamaldeen; Anang, Benjamin Tetteh - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-11

At the macro level, savings mobilization plays an important role in economic growth and development whilst at the micro household level it plays a critical role in production, consumption and investment decisions. However, savings mobilization in many developing countries remains low which calls...

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The influence of managerial characteristics on external financing preferences in smaller enterprises: The case of Malaysian micro-sized enterprises

Adonia, Siti Azirah - In: Cogent Business & Management 8 (2021) 1, pp. 1-23

Previous studies have identified various factors underlying firm financing structure especially in large firms. However, few have attempted to document the reasons for financing preferences among microenterprises in developing countries. Employing a managerial-based theory, this study explores...

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Impact of microfinance on women's economic empowerment

Mengstie, Belay - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-12

ownership. The main aim of the study is to examine the impact of microfinance on women's economic empowerment. Data were derived … from a questionnaire of a sample of 346 women clients of microfinance. Multiple regression and paired sampled t-test data … there is significant mean difference before and after microfinance service in terms of income, asset, and saving …

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Loan repayment performance and its determinants: Evidence from micro and small enterprises operating in Dire-Dawa, Ethiopia

Kiros, Yitbarek Weldegerima - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 12 (2023) 1, pp. 1-9

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) reach a large number of poor people who are not served by formal financial …) financed by Microfinance Institutions by taking lender characteristics. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and … annual reports and financial statements of Microfinance institutions and other institutions. Descriptive analysis as well as …

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Microfinance – Once and Today

Schmidt, Reinhard H. - In: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 51 (2018) 2, pp. 183-203

microfinance in developing and transition countries of today and explores the parallels that exist between these two histories. One … microfinance. Another result, that also contains important practical and policy-relevant implications, is that the success of both … the German popular banks of the 19th century and of a number of today"s microfinance institutions is due to a strategic …

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The role of microfinance on women’s entrepreneurship development in Western Ethiopia evidence from a structural equation modeling: Non-financial service is the way forward

Abebe, Abraham; Kegne, Meketaw - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 3, pp. 1-20

Microfinance institution services are emerging as a potent tool for poverty eradication and aim to decrease poverty and … investigates the role of microfinance services on women's entrepreneurship development in Benishangul Gumuz Credit and Saving … developed to examine the effect of microfinance institutions on women's entrepreneurship development. The findings from the …

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Competition and microfinance institutions' performance: Evidence from India

Wondirad, Hailu Abebe - In: International Journal of Corporate Social … 5 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19

Indicator) moderates the relationship between Microfinance Institutions' (MFIs) social and financial performances using data … microfinance market was very competitive over the period 2005-2014. The empirical findings show that competition positively …

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