Micro-finance institutions are critical to Africa's quest for solutions to the continent's development challenge. The area of their greatest potential impact, rural Africa, is not only home to the bulk of the continent's population, but also the vast majority of Africa's poor. This paper ...
Determinants Of Operational Sustainability Of Micro Finance Institutions In Kenya Many people in developing countries have been given access to formal financial services through micro finance programs. Nevertheless, millions of potential clients still remain un-served and the demand for financial services fa...
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2009;WBCSD, 2009;Esteves et al., 2013). It was established in 2007 by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) in partnership with IFC; the program targeted twelve communities in the Ahafo gold mine area of the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana (WBCSD, 2009). According toInternational Finance Corporatio...
convened on HIV/AIDS in southern Africa where Ministers of Finance, Health and Education from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho met together with nine United Nations system ExecutiveHeads,hadthe objectives of identifying key challenges facing these countries in scaling up their...
Micro-finance institutions are critical to Africa's quest for solutions to the continent's development challenge. The area of their greatest potential impact, rMuuka, GerryMwenda, KennethSocial Science Electronic PublishingGerry Nkombo Muuka and Kenneth Kaoma Mwenda. Towards best practices for micro ...
Access to capital may not only be required to finance investment costs, for example to set-up a rubber or oil palm plantation, but also to finance fertilizer and other inputs. These are two important related, but yet separate transmission channels that would probably result in ambiguous dynamic...