The Role of Microfinance to Empower Women: The Case of Developing Countries

Festus Aninze, Hatem El-Gohary and Javed Hussain
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Festus Aninze: Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
Hatem El-Gohary: Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar & Cairo University Business School, Cairo, Egypt
Javed Hussain: Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK

International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management (IJCRMM), 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 54-78

Abstract: This article reviews, discusses and provides a critical analysis relating to the role of microfinance on issues linking to poverty, gender equality, and women empowerment with particular emphasis on developing economies. In addition, this article provides an overview of the opportunities and criticisms of microfinance which examines the contemporary issues on poverty reduction, entrepreneurial development and the family wellbeing. The article adds to the limited research examining the role of microfinance to empower women in developing countries.

Date: 2018
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