Search for dissertations about: "thesis in microfinance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis in microfinance.

2. 1. Urban poverty, social exclusion and social housing finance. The case of PRODEL in Nicaragua

   Author : Alfredo Stein; Boende och bostadsutveckling; []
   Keywords : Urban poverty; Microfinance; Social exclusion; Social housing finance; Central America; Asset accumulation; Infrastructure; Financial inclusion; Nicaragua; International donors;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to further understand key conceptual and operational challenges that international aid donors, and public and private institutions, face while designing and implementing alternative forms of social housing finance which aim to be inclusive for the urban poor. Based on an in-depth study of the work of the Foundation for the Promotion of Local Development (PRODEL) in three cities in Nicaragua during a period of 15 years, the thesis tries to answer three research questions: What are the constraints the urban poor face in financing the incremental way they build their individual housing and collective assets? Why does housing microfinance not always enhance inclusion of the urban poor? How does the tension between the goal of achieving financial sustainability and increasing financial inclusion affect the policy of international donors and governments, and the practice of local financial institutions? To answer these questions, the thesis adopts a realist approach as well as a critical case study method as used in disciplines such as political science and history to explain the trends and complexities of the phenomena investigated, and formulates an argument in the form of a proposition: if financial exclusion occurs in PRODEL it might also occur elsewhere. READ MORE

4. 2. Informal Finance and Microfinance in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago : An Institutional Study

   Author : Akhil Malaki; Ulf Jonsson; Thorbjörn Engdahl; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; informal institutions; informal finance; microfinance; institutional study; institutions; Jamaica; Trinidad Tobago; Roscas; Credit Unions; NGOs; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

   Abstract : This study is about informal institutions in informal finance and microfinance in Jamaica and Trinidad-Tobago. Informal institutions as understood in this study are unwritten social norms that cater to specific needs in the society, and can be indirectly captured and measured in their outcome. READ MORE

5. 3. Housing finance methods in urban Tanzania : The case of households in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

   Author : Egino Millanzi; Mats Wilhelmsson; Agnes Mwasumbi; Washington H.A. Olima; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Housing finance; finance methods; finance system; urban development; Bostadsfinansiering; finansieringsmetoder; finanssystem; stadsutveckling; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : Effective housing finance methods require the interrelationships between the housing finance system components such as banking and capital markets, land registry, the housing sector, and macroeconomic and socioeconomic aspects. Nonetheless, despite the exclusion of the majority of the households by formal long-term housing finance methods, Tanzania has experienced substantial improvement in housing development in the last two decades. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Finance, Networks and Institutions

   Author : Katarzyna Burzynska; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lending networks; Banking; China; Microfinance; Trust; Collectivism; Growth;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays discussing network structures and institutions in financial markets. The first essay explores the determinants of the egocentric lending networks of stock listed companies in China. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Development Policy and the Political Economy of Conflict

   Author : Miri Stryjan; Jakob Svensson; Rohini Somanathan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development Economics; Political Economics; Electoral processes; Political selection; Community driven development; Conflict; Political Elites; Community Meetings; Rainfall; Microfinance; Savings; Credit contract structure; Business growth; SMEs; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Electoral Rules and Leader Selection: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Community Groups. Despite a large body of work documenting how electoral systems affect policy outcomes, less is known about their impact on leader selection. READ MORE