Agnes Olatokunbo Martins

The Impact of Microfinance (eBook, PDF)

Poverty Reduction and Financial Inclusion in the Global South

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Historically, microfinance has emerged as a means to extend financial services to previously excluded populations, serving as a pathway to poverty reduction and aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. This book argues that microfinance plays a crucial role in achieving financial inclusion, significantly enhancing economic welfare, and reducing poverty in developing countries.

It highlights the necessity to rigorously address issues such as mission drift, macroeconomic stability, governance, regulatory frameworks, and enforcement. It provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of microfinance implementation in developing countries, enabling comparative analysis of regulatory and supervisory practices, and evaluates theoretical frameworks linking microfinance to economic growth and poverty reduction, utilising concepts of financial intermediation, resource allocation, and financial development. The book empirically tests the causal relationships between microfinance, economic growth, and poverty reduction using a balanced panel dataset of macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators and identifies and analyses the mechanisms through which microfinance impacts economic welfare and poverty reduction. As well as asking whether microfinance can alleviate multidimensional poverty in favourable macroeconomic, political, and business environments in developing countries, it also questions whether it enhances living standards, health, and education. It examines how economic shocks impact vulnerable populations and microfinance institutions and looks at the factors that contribute to the success of microfinance in countries where it is well-established. Further, it offers policy implications and recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of microfinance and address key challenges.

This book targets a broad spectrum of readers involved in microfinance, financial inclusion, and development economics, including researchers, academics and students as well as policymakers and government officials.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040451267
• Artikelnr.: 75541333

Autorenporträt

Agnes Olatokunbo Martins, Ph.D., is a distinguished financial sector expert and transformative leader with over three decades of experience in shaping Nigeria's financial system.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. List of Tables. About the Author. 1 Introduction. 2
Financial Development, Regulation, and Inclusion. 3 A Literary Appraisal of
the Impact of Microfinance. 4 Measuring Microfinance Impact: A
Comprehensive Approach. 5 Evaluating the Multifaceted Effects of
Microfinance on Poverty Alleviation. 6 The Impact of Microfinance and
Economic Shocks on Households: Microlevel Evidence from Nigeria. 7
Microfinance and Its Role in Poverty Reduction: A Comparative Analysis. 8
Wrap-up and Key Takeaways. Appendix I: Geographic Regions, Countries, and
Economic Classes. Appendix II: Number of Microfinance Institutions in Each
Country. Appendix III: Detailed Methodological Equations. Appendix IV:
Poverty Scorecard. Appendix V: Household Items. Appendix VI: Impact of
Economic Shocks on Microfinance Industry Resilience. Index.