Economic Impact of Development Initiatives on Low-Income Households in Kelantan, Malaysia

Wan Nurulasiah binti Wan Mustapa, Abdullah Al Mamun and Mohamed Dahlan Ibrahim
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Wan Nurulasiah binti Wan Mustapa: Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia
Abdullah Al Mamun: Global Entrepreneurship Research and Innovation Centre (GERIC), Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia
Mohamed Dahlan Ibrahim: Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia

Social Sciences, 2018, vol. 7, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: To improve the socio-economic condition of low-income households, underlying organizations offer a variety of products and services such as access to working capital and training programs. This study examined the impact of access to working capital and training programs on household income and economic vulnerability among participants of AIM, TEKUN, and LKIM in Kelantan, Malaysia. Adopting a cross-sectional design, data were collected randomly from 450 micro-entrepreneurs living in seven districts in Kelantan. The finding revealed that the total amount of economic loan received, length of the programs participation, and number of hours spent on training programs had a positive effect on household income in order to decrease the level of economic vulnerability. The finding provided useful information for policies development that prioritizes poverty eradication among low-income households who were vulnerable to weak economic situation.

Keywords: micro-credit; training; household income; economic vulnerability; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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