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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| author | Okojie, Christiana Monye-Emina, A. Eghafona, K. Osaghae, G. Ehiakhamen, J. O. |
| author_browse | Eghafona, K. Ehiakhamen, J. O. Monye-Emina, A. Okojie, Christiana Osaghae, G. |
| author_facet | Okojie, Christiana Monye-Emina, A. Eghafona, K. Osaghae, G. Ehiakhamen, J. O. |
| author_sort | Okojie, Christiana |
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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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