Revisiting Microcredit's Poverty‐Reducing Promise: Evidence from Cambodia
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.3336
Abstract: This article analyses the effects of microcredit offered by microfinance institutions on household poverty in terms of household food consumption, with data from the Cambodia Socio†Economic Survey conducted in 2014. The analysis is carried… read more here.
Keywords: revisiting microcredit; poverty; microcredit poverty; food consumption ... See more keywords
Payday Lending and Microcredit: Two Faces of the Same Problem?
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.3339
Abstract: Despite large differences in socio†economic, geographical and political background, this study finds noteworthy similarities in the determinants of financial exclusion in Canada and Bangladesh. Household income, education, regional differences and respondent age are common… read more here.
Keywords: payday; payday lending; lending microcredit; microcredit ... See more keywords
An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Choice of Microcredit Sources and Impact of Participation on Household Income
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.3466
Abstract: It is widely accepted that rural microcredit has the potential to contribute to poverty reduction in developing countries. This paper examines the factors that affect rural residents decisions to participate in different types of microcredit,… read more here.
Keywords: participation; factors influencing; household income; analysis factors ... See more keywords
Microcredit participation and child schooling in rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2019.09.005
Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of microcredit programs on child schooling in rural Bangladesh using cross-sectional data from 439 households across 20 villages of four districts of the country. A child’s school outcomes are measured… read more here.
Keywords: microcredit programs; child schooling; rural bangladesh; school ... See more keywords
Microcredit contract design: A macroeconomic evaluation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104634
Abstract: Abstract There is now a vast literature investigating the impact of microcredit on poverty in the developing world. Such studies are by and large at the micro-level – investigating the impact of the provision of… read more here.
Keywords: design macroeconomic; impact; microcredit; contract design ... See more keywords
The rise of microcredit ‘control fraud’ in post-apartheid South Africa: from state-enforced to market-driven exploitation of the black community
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2018.1546429
Abstract: ABSTRACT The end of apartheid in South Africa in the early 1990s did not see the envisaged end to the exploitation of the black South African population, but instead saw simply a shift from state-backed… read more here.
Keywords: exploitation; south africa; microcredit; control fraud ... See more keywords
Microcredit and gender empowerment: policy implications for sustainable agricultural development in Eritrea
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1259393
Abstract: ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural development requires capital investment. However, farmers in Africa are constrained by inadequate access to microcredit. Therefore, this article examines the extent to which gender influences access to microcredit. The empirical results showed… read more here.
Keywords: access microcredit; gender; microcredit; development ... See more keywords
Microcredit and Food Security: Evidence from Rural Households in Uganda
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DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejx043
Abstract: This study investigates the effect of participation into a microcredit program on household food security parameters of female borrowers in a rural setting in Uganda. We explore the modes of food acquisition, dietary diversity, caloric… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; dietary diversity; food security; microcredit ... See more keywords