The history of rural - mostly agricultural - finance in Colombia, is characterized by a system which channels benefits … financial sector, enacted under previous regimes. The study found that access to financial services in rural Colombia is limited … agency role, and the other as a lead innovator in rural microfinance. Also suggested is a substantial revision of the usury …

In the paper it is inquired how Sudanese women use the financial institutions in order to organise their lives between …, women seem to have some room of manoeuvre. Most of the interviewed women had access to money, could in some cases dispose of … process of changing gender roles and expansion of the market economy, women use financial institutions to defend their access …

In the recent years there has been an influx of women venturing in the field of entrepreneurship in developing … countries. This is attributed to advocacy on women empowerment programs and policies. Women owned small micro enterprises in Sub … investigate selected factors perceived to influence the performance of women-owned small micro enterprises in Kenya. The factors …

poor and non-poor depositors, while adhering to its mission of lending to poor women only. …