In Ghana, starting a business has problems such as capital availability and accessibility, a lack of planning, trained labour and suitable managerial abilities, a legal framework and social norms, beliefs, and values. These challenges affect both men and women, but women are in the most disadvantaged …

This research was conducted to explore the role of digital financial services in enabling rural female farmers’ households access food in Nyeri county. The findings from the case study, Focus Group Discussion and key informants revealed that they use Mpesa mobile money : rural female farmers Mshwari …

The study examined the effects of intra-household dynamics and household food consumption and accessibility among beneficiaries of Resilience In Northern Ghana (RING) project within the Sagnarigu Municipality in the Northern Region of Ghana. The project engages rural women in the production of leafy …

Access to micro-credit has often been argued to be one of the effective ways of contributing to food and nutrition security. CARE International since 1994 introduced the Village Savings and Loans Associ-ation (VSLA) in Ghana. The VSLA since then, has been contributing to making some amount of micro-credit …

The inland shipping industry contributes substantially to the trade relations between the Netherlands and Germany. The industry is different from other transport modes (rail, road and air) in that ships are more environmentally friendly and cost-effective. Yet, it faces many structural problems that …

This paper examines the role of the public private partnerships in the health care systems of three European countries - The United Kingdom, Poland and the Czech Republic. Public private partnerships were developed in the 19th century in the UK. It was a way to finance the rapid growth of the infrastructure, …

The differences between Chinese aid and traditional aid can be found in all aspects of the traditional and Chinese aid policies. Significant differences have been illustrated in its history, principles and in the impact on the recipient countries. The landmarks in the historical development of the Chinese …

The objective of this paper is to examine how a combination of the concepts of Fair Trade, CrossBorderProsperity (CBP), Yunus' microcredit and social business could strengthen the producers' socio-economic situation and position in the free market. Small-scale producers in developing countries are being …

Microfinance programs have significant potential for contributing towards improvements of agricultural and other rural sectors investments and operations and empowerments of rural community. However, access to financial institutions such as banks by smallholder farmers in rural areas is limited because …

The study was conducted on Vision Finance a microfinance institution of World Vision in Rwanda. The major research question focussed on determining the factors that have contributed default on loans disbursed to PLWHA clients by Vision Finance. Results show that chronic illness and death disrupt businesses, …