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Title
Is microfinance really helping the most vulnerable? An empirical test of the effectiveness of the Ghana’s Microfinance Policy Reform
Creator
Luis Serrano-Diaz, Gyimah Sackey, Frank
Description
The study aims to test the effectiveness of the Ghana Microfinance Policy of 2006 set up to support women and youth through access to credit. Our results show that, after controlling for a large number of variables, female and young entrepreneurs are less likely to be rationed in the access to microcredit and that this is largely determined by the differential treatment that they receive from microfinance institutions. Our analysis using regression decomposition techniques indicates that positive discrimination in favour of women and youth exists. Surprisingly, our results show that government microfinance policy accounts for the most severe rationing behaviour towards the targeted groups by the law.
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor and Francis
Date
2022
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=dzxWX-AAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=dzxWX-AAAAAJ:hFOr9nPyWt4C
Language
English