Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate causal link between social capital and microfinance by testing the role of social capital in explaining the household's access to microcredit under the group-based lending approach. Design/methodology/approach – Household level primary data...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate causal link between social capital and microfinance by testing the role of social capital in explaining the household's access to microcredit under the group‐based lending approach. Design/methodology/approach – Household level primary data...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the level of food self-sufficiency, un-accessed portions of food, and food gap between the national food security line of the country and consumption by its people. It also aims to scrutinize the major physical and economic factors inducing...