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Factors influencing Poverty Alleviation among Women Credit Beneficiaries in Tanzania: A Case Study of FINCA’s Women Credit beneficiaries in Mwanza

International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies

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Title Factors influencing Poverty Alleviation among Women Credit Beneficiaries in Tanzania: A Case Study of FINCA’s Women Credit beneficiaries in Mwanza
 
Creator Nyang’au, Samuel Nyambega; Department of Economics,
St. Augustine University of Tanzania,
Mwanza, Tanzania.
+254711265106, +255769878942
Nyamwinuka, Valina
 
Subject Finance; Banking
poverty alleviation, women, Tanzania, credit beneficiaries
 
Description Many credit schemes in Tanzania channel their funds to womenwith the objective of alleviating poverty among them. Despite this, majority ofwomen in the country continue to wallow in poverty. The present research wascarried out among the Foundation for International Community Assistance’s womencredit beneficiaries in Mwanza. The study set out to address the followingobjectives: to analyze the influence of the husband’s cooperation, relevanttraining and interest rate on poverty alleviation among women creditbeneficiaries in Tanzania taking Foundation for International CommunityAssistance in Mwanza as a case study. Using simple regression model, resultsshowed that cooperation from the husband as well as relevant training influencespoverty alleviation among women credit beneficiaries in Tanzania by 56 and 36percent respectively. But interest rate was found to have no significantinfluence at all. The paper recommends that seminars be conducted so thathusbands can be taught the importance of cooperating with their wives. Aboveall giving training to women credit beneficiaries will go a long way insharpening their business skills. Future researchers should research onlaziness and complacency among women credit beneficiaries and the influence onpoverty.
 
Publisher SSBFNET
 
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Date 2014-04-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ssbfnet.com/ojs/index.php/ijfbs/article/view/230
 
Source International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies (ISSN: 2147- 4486); Vol 3, No 2 (2014): April; 48-59
2147-4486
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ssbfnet.com/ojs/index.php/ijfbs/article/view/230/319