Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state

In Nigeria, conventional financial institutions serve only about 35 percent of the active population, and the poor, especially women, have limited access to financial services. Private sector-led microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly playing a role to fill this need. This brief provides...

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Autores principales: Okojie, Christiana, Monye-Emina, A., Eghafona, K., Osaghae, G., Ehiakhamen, J. O.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154584
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author Okojie, Christiana
Monye-Emina, A.
Eghafona, K.
Osaghae, G.
Ehiakhamen, J. O.
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Ehiakhamen, J. O.
Monye-Emina, A.
Okojie, Christiana
Osaghae, G.
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Monye-Emina, A.
Eghafona, K.
Osaghae, G.
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description In Nigeria, conventional financial institutions serve only about 35 percent of the active population, and the poor, especially women, have limited access to financial services. Private sector-led microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly playing a role to fill this need. This brief provides an overview of the institutional environment of microfinance in Nigeria, as well as insights and recommendations for better reaching this audience, based on focus group discussions and case studies of self-employed women in rural areas of Edo State, Nigeria.
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spelling CGSpace1545842025-11-06T05:45:57Z Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state Okojie, Christiana Monye-Emina, A. Eghafona, K. Osaghae, G. Ehiakhamen, J. O. access to finance development policies microfinance institutions gender women finance agriculture governance equality In Nigeria, conventional financial institutions serve only about 35 percent of the active population, and the poor, especially women, have limited access to financial services. Private sector-led microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly playing a role to fill this need. This brief provides an overview of the institutional environment of microfinance in Nigeria, as well as insights and recommendations for better reaching this audience, based on focus group discussions and case studies of self-employed women in rural areas of Edo State, Nigeria. 2010 2024-10-01T14:02:27Z 2024-10-01T14:02:27Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154584 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Okojie, Christiana; Monye-Emina, A.; Eghafona, K.; Osaghae, G.; Ehiakhamen, J.O. 2010. Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state. NSSP Brief 14. Abuja, Nigeria: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154584
spellingShingle access to finance
development policies
microfinance
institutions
gender
women
finance
agriculture
governance
equality
Okojie, Christiana
Monye-Emina, A.
Eghafona, K.
Osaghae, G.
Ehiakhamen, J. O.
Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state
title Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state
title_full Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state
title_fullStr Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state
title_full_unstemmed Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state
title_short Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state
title_sort institutional environment and access to microfinance by self employed women in the rural areas of edo state
topic access to finance
development policies
microfinance
institutions
gender
women
finance
agriculture
governance
equality
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154584
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