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The impact of micro-finance credit on the financial performance of SMEs in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-10)Micro-finance refers to small scale financial services such as cash loans, money transfers, direct deposits, savings, and insurance made accessible primarily to the poor. Micro enterprises can be defined as those enterprises ... -
The impact of micro-finance on women's socio-economic empowernment in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)This study discusses the impact of micro- finance services on the economic and social welfare offemale micro-entrepreneurs in Nairobi, Kenya. The main questions addressed by the study were: (1) How has micro-finance ... -
Impact of Micro-finance Services on Poverty Alleviation at the Household Level
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2010-10)Microfinance programs are increasingly publicized as one of the most successful tools for development with the ability to positively affect its participant’s economic and social status. Measuring this impact can be ... -
Impact Of Microfinance Institutions On Growth And Development Of Small And Medium Enterprises; A Survey Of Machakos Town
(University of NairobiDepartment of Extra-Mural Studies, 2013-07)Small and medium enterprises continue to fail from the problems that microfinance institutions claim to offer solutions to. A survey by Kenya National Bureau of statistics, (2007) indicate that three out of five SME ... -
Impact of microfinance interventions on households of a community based pre- school program in Kwale county, Kenya
(2014)Various studies have concluded both positive and negative impacts with many results being highly contested on grounds of methodology. While other studies have concluded improvements in women empowerment and increased ... -
The Impact of Microfinance on Formal Financial Sector Development in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)The importance of the financial system to economic development is well understood and Kenya's long-term national strategy, Vision 2030, identified the sector as one of the country's core growth pillars. Key to the success ... -
Impact of Microfinance on Increasing Access to Water and Improved Sanitation of Households of Slum Dwellers in Kenya: a Case Study of Kibera Slum-nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Providing adequate safe water and improved sanitation can enhance people‟s livelihood options by making significant additions to good health, clean environmental conditions and generate income. However, there exists no ... -
Impact of microfinance on poverty alleviation in Kakamega County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Various researches seeking to investigate the impact of microfinance on poverty alleviation have been carried out in different locations across the world. But the most notable thing is the fact that there seems to be no ... -
Impact of Microfinance Services on Financial Performance of Small and Micro Enterprises in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010-11)The potential of using institutional credit and other financial services for poverty alleviation in Kenya is quite significant. About 18 million or 60 % of the population are poor and mostly out of scope of informal banking ... -
Impact of Microfinance Services on Financial Performance of Small and Micro Enterprises in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)The potential of using institutional credit and other financial services for poverty alleviation in Kenya is quite significant. About 18 million or 60 % of the population are poor and mostly out of scope of informal banking ... -
Impact of Microfinance services on the financial perfomance of small and medium scale enterprises in Kakamega county
(College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2012-11)This research seeks to find out the impact of microfinance services on financial performance of SMEs in Kakamega County, Kenya. Governments, donor agencies, and private investors are funding an increasing number of ... -
The impact of microfinance services on the growth of small and medium enterprises in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)This study was conducted to establish the impact of microfinance services on the growth of small and medium enterprises in Kenya. A self-administered questionnaire was used as a sole means of collecting data from a targeted ... -
The Impact of Microfinance Services on Women Empowerment: a Case Study of Kikuyu Division
(2012)The focus of the study was to establish the impact of microfinance services to the empowerment of women in kikuyu division. Targeting women from women groups in kikuyu was purposeful for it is an upcoming region with a bit ... -
The Impact of Microfinance Services on Women Empowerment: a Case Study of Mwingi District
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Microfinance services can be used as a key strategy to empower women, where finances from the microfinance institutions are used for setting up or expansion of businesses with potential impacts including increased income ... -
The Impact of Migration Governance on National Security in Africa: a Case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The study investigates the impact of migration governance on national security in Africa with specific reference to Kenya. The problem is that migration governance in Africa generally and Kenya in particular, has been an ... -
The impact of military training activities on the ecosystem: A case study of archers' post, Samburu district 1963-2003
(Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2006)The impact of military training activities on the ecosystem has been a subject of wide-ranging debates both in the public arena and in the academic fraternity. Ever since Kenya's attainment of independence in 1963 the ... -
The Impact of Millennium Villages as a Strategy of Empowering Women Socially and Economically: a Case Study of Mwandama Millenium Villages, Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2013-12)The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) as a strategy to empower women socially and economically, a case study of Mwandama Millennium Villages, Malawi. The study ... -
The impact of minimum wage legislation on employment in kenyan manufacturing sector 1970-2001
(Department of Economics, 2006)The impact of minimum wages on the labor market has been a recurrent and controversial issue in the theoretical and empirical literature. Most of the studies have focused on industrialized countries and the few on ... -
Impact of Mobile Banking on Financial Inclusion in Kenya
(university of nairobi, 2018)The objective of the study was to examine the impact of mobile banking on financial inclusion in Kenya.The study population was all the 8 banks in Kenya with mobile banking.The study used secondary data from audited ...