Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: A Review and Synthesis of Empirical Evidence

Miled, Kamel Bel Hadj; Rejeb, Jaleleddine Ben

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.06.339

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“…In addition to the economic benefits of microfinance, there is some mixed evidence to suggest that it may be effective as a means for economically empowering women (Gibbs Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01070-w) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. et al 2012;Vyas and Watts 2009;de Mel et al 2009;Miled and Rejeb 2015;Niner 2019.). The idea is acquiring new business skills may enhance their self-esteem, conflict resolution ability and household decision-making power and expand their social networks (Kim et al 2009).…”

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Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE): Women’s Engagement with the Scaled-up IMAGE Programme and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural South Africa

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The Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) programme has been scaled up to three provinces in South Africa. This paper explores associations between women's engagement in the intervention, intimate partner violence (IPV) and factors associated with IPV and partner abuse. We enrolled women receiving group-based microfinance loans plus gender training into the scaled-up IMAGE cohort study (n = 860). We present cross-sectional analysis on participants' characteristics and intervention engagement and use multivariate logistic regression to explore associations. 17% of women reported lifetime (95% CI 15 to 20%) and 7% past year (95% CI 5 to 9%) IPV, 9% past-year economic (95% CI 7 to 11%) and 11% past-year emotional (95% CI 9 to 14%) abuse. Women under 35 years had higher levels of IPV and emotional abuse. 53% of women attended all the trainings, 83% continuously borrowed and 98% agreed the training had a major impact on their life. Attendance was associated with improved partner relationships (χ 2 p < 0.001), but not lower IPV risk. Odds of past-year IPV decreased the more types of support (e.g. advice) women received from group members (aOR 0.27, p < 0.001 among those reporting all support versus none or some). A similar pattern was seen for economic, but not emotional, abuse. The scaled-up IMAGE intervention is widely acceptable and may support improvements in partner relationships, but younger women need to be targeted. Group support appears to be a potentially important component of the intervention.

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Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE): Women’s Engagement with the Scaled-up IMAGE Programme and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural South Africa

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“…A nivel doméstico, instituciones microfinancieras permiten a sus miembros a invertir en salud, educación y otras oportunidades de crecimiento de ingresos, que hace posible para que puedan administrar sus riesgos económicos y tomar oportunidades de crecimiento económico. [6] en el nivel individual, estas instituciones potenciar a sus miembros y ayudan a adquirir habilidades de manejo de dinero a través de sus programas de capacitación específicos. Algunas instituciones dirigidas específicamente a las mujeres y esto habilita incluso en otros aspectos sociales que les anima a contribuir a la sociedad de diferentes maneras.…”

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La construcción de políticas públicas para promover las microfinanzas como estrategia para la erradicación de la pobreza/The construction of public policies to promote microfinance as a strategy for the eradication of poverty

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Varios factores determinan el crecimiento y desarrollo de aspectos sociales y económicos de la sociedad. La pobreza es uno de los principales obstáculos de alcanzar el grado máximo de este crecimiento. Se han implementado diversas estrategias para erradicar la pobreza y las instituciones microfinancieras se dicen que juegan un papel significativo en la reducción de la pobreza. Sin embargo, no es la única solución a este problema. Este trabajo pretende evaluar el impacto, estrategias y retos del sector de microfinanzas. Este artículo también evaluará el impacto de las regulaciones del gobierno sobre el crecimiento del sector micro financiero. Estos elementos se discuten en las secciones de metodología y discusión largamente. Los artículos evaluados en este trabajo llevaron a la conclusión de que el micro financiamiento instituciones juega un gran papel en la reducción de la pobreza, pero también es una necesidad para la sociedad a depender de otras estrategias para hacer frente a este problema. Además, también se concluye que diversos factores influyen en el éxito de las instituciones microfinancieras como las regulaciones gubernamentales y las sociedades en los que operan. Several factors determine the growth and development of social and economic aspects of society. Poverty is one of the main obstacles to achieving the maximum degree of this growth. Various strategies have been implemented to eradicate poverty and microfinance institutions are said to play a significant role in reducing poverty. However, it is not the only solution to this problem. This paper aims to evaluate the impact, strategies and challenges of the microfinance sector. This article will also assess the impact of government regulations on the growth of the microfinance sector. These elements are discussed in the methodology and discussion sections at length. The articles evaluated in this paper led to the conclusion that microfinance institutions play a great role in reducing poverty, but it is also a need for society to depend on other strategies to deal with this problem. In addition, it is also concluded that various factors influence the success of microfinance institutions such as government regulations and the societies in which they operate. Palabras clave: políticas publicas, microfinanzas, estrategia, erradicación, pobreza. Keywords: public policies, microfinance, strategy, eradication, poverty.

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“…Microfinance tends to focus on micro-ventures of a nondisruptive nature run by solo entrepreneurs at the bottom of the pyramid (Baumann, 2004;Lapenu & Zeller, 2001;Mosley & Rock, 2004;Woller, 2002). While there is immense value to microfinance-microfinance lifts individuals from poverty (de Haan & Lakwo, 2010;Ksoll, Lilleør, Lønborg, & Rasmussen, 2016;Miled & Rejeb, 2015) and has spurred the growth of the informal business sector across Africa sector (Lafourcade, Isern, Mwangi, & Brown, 2005;Miled & Rejeb, 2015)-the needs of innovative small firms with the potential to scale far outweigh the capabilities of microfinance institutions. Unfortunately, microfinance institutions cannot write checks large enough for these businesses.…”

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Africa joins the growth capital revolution: Examining the growth of venture capital in the continent

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2019

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Small businesses play an important role in African economies. But because of a funding gap, many of these businesses struggle to access adequate growth capital. Venture capital (VC) can fill this funding gap and has emerged as an important global source of growth capital. While VC can help grow African businesses, our understanding of VC activities in Africa remains limited. Sparse research has limited the ability of small business owners to expand their financing options. We use a sample of 120 VC funds that primarily invest in Africa to investigate trends in the growth of VC activities in Africa, as well as to examine the associations between VC fundraising and micro-level firm variables between 2000-2018. We find that at least $4.57b of VC funding has been raised during this period by African VC funds. We observe that most funds keep diversified portfolios and invest in businesses at various stages of growth, and that funds prefer to keep their investment activities within domiciled countries. Using a multiple linear regression model, we find significant associations between VC fundraising and VC fund type, location focus, and vintage year. We do not find any associations between VC fundraising and industry focus, fund manager domicile or fundraising target size. These findings are important because small businesses can better assess their funding options, VC firms can update their strategies, and policy makers can update their policy priorities.

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Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: A Review and Synthesis of Empirical Evidence

Cited by 59 publications

References 15 publications

Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE): Women’s Engagement with the Scaled-up IMAGE Programme and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural South Africa

Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE): Women’s Engagement with the Scaled-up IMAGE Programme and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural South Africa

La construcción de políticas públicas para promover las microfinanzas como estrategia para la erradicación de la pobreza/The construction of public policies to promote microfinance as a strategy for the eradication of poverty

Africa joins the growth capital revolution: Examining the growth of venture capital in the continent

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