UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS THE IMPACT OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN THE TAMALE METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY SINCE 2008. ALHASSAN SAWAL ABDUL-RAZAK (FAS/2016/08) JUNE 2012 DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my mother Iddrisu Sagyelpaga. i CERTIFICATION We certify that this work is being carried out independently by ALHASSAAN SAWAL ABDULRAZAK (FAS/2016/08) in the Department
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DEFINITION OF MICROFINANCE 3. KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF MICRO FINANCE 4. DEBATE ON IMPACTS OF MICRO FINANCE 4.1 IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION 4.2 THE INTEREST RATE 5. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MICRO FINANCE TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH 6. MICRO FINANCE AND GROWTH IN RELATION TO TWO COUNTRIES 6.1 THE CASE OF ETHIOPIA 6.1 THE CASE OF BANGLADISH 7. CONCLUDING REMARK 8. REFERENCES 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 2 ACCRONYMS AEMI: MRA: MFIs: MIS: GDP: ETB: TK: NGOs: Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions
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CBRD Center for Business Research & Development Working Paper 2013-05 The microfinance industry in the Philippines: Striving for financial inclusion in the midst of growth Dr. Raymund B. Habaradas Mr. Mar Andriel Umali September 2013 CBRD Working Paper 2013-05 Center for Business Research & Development The microfinance industry in the Philippines: Striving for financial inclusion in the midst of growth Dr. Raymund B. Habaradas Mr. Mar Andriel Umali De La Salle University September 2013 The
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EVOLUTION OF MICROFINANCE AND POVERTY RDUCTIONIN GHANA BY JOSEPH TETTEH OLIVIA GIDIGLO BENJAMIN TETTEH JOHN KOFI DORGBEFU IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE (B. Sc. HONS) IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL‚ UNIVERSITY OF GHANA‚ LEGON. JUNE‚ 2013 CHAPTER ONE PROPOSAL 1.0BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Modern microfinance emerged in the 1970s pioneered by – among others – the Grameen and SEWA
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International NGO Journal Vol. 4 (5)‚ pp. 287-298‚ May‚ 2009 Available online at http:// www.academicjournals.org/INGOJ ISSN 1993–8225 © 2009 Academic Journals Article Performance analysis of a sample microfinance institutions of Ethiopia Letenah Ejigu University Business School‚ Panjab University‚ Chandigarh‚ India. E-mail: etalem2000@yahoo.com. Accepted 20 May‚ 2009 The purpose of this study is to appraise the performance of Ethiopian MFIs in terms of various criteria by comparing with
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Financial Inclusion through Microfinance Health Insurance Microfinance India is home to the largest population of poor in the world. Microfinance in India has emerged as a powerful tool for financial inclusion. The ‘SHG – Bank Linkage’ programme plays a predominant role in the financial inclusion of poor. The programme is coming up well and being implemented widely across the country. But there is a need to strengthen the SHG-Bank Linkage Programme to fully mainstream it with the commercial
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a student of Kyambogo University undertaking a research study as part of my fulfillment for the Degree of Bachelor of Accounting and Finance I humbly seek to get your opinion about the issues in the questionnaire to facilitate my study about microfinance institutions and the growth of the private sector. Your opinion will be kept highly confidential and used specifically for academic purpose. I will be grateful for your assistance. Instructions: Please tick or fill in the space provided where
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whose main occupation is farming lack the necessary finance to acquire inputs to enable them increase the yields from their farms. This incapacitates them of making a sound living from their farms. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Microfinance Project‚ the Social Investment Fund (SIF) and the Agricultural Services Sub-sector Investment Programme (AgSSIP) exist in the District yet it is extremely difficult for the farmers and micro business owners to access any fund from them. To
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Bibliography: 1. Prema Basargekar‚ N.(2009)‚ “How Empowering is Micro Entrepreneurship Developed through MicroFinance”‚Asia-Pacific Business Review‚ Vol. V. pp. 67-76 2 3. Pawan Garga‚ N. (2009)‚ “A Comparative Study of Opportunities‚ Growth and problems of Women Entrepreneurs”‚ Asia-Pacific Business Review‚ Vol. V. pp. 87-94 4 5. Vidya Sekhri‚ N. (2007). “Growth
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Evaluation of microfinance and women empowerment: Case study on Grameen Bank in Northern Bangladesh Chapter One: Overview Where there is informal economy condition of developing countries‚ women face a comparative disadvantage. In the northern area of Bangladesh‚ economic conditions forced rural women to adopt microfinance (credit and savings) as one major strategy for self reliance. Women go through relatively much more hardship than men in countries that are striving towards economic growth
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