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Access to microfinance and financial training for innovative urban sustainability : collective investments at the bottom of the pyramid segment in urban Kenya /

The Kenyan population is highly concentrated in urban centres, leading to increased social, economic and environmental strains, with a significant percentage of urban dwellers living in sprawling slums. Urban development is increasingly a major focus, especially in the fight against urban sustainabi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mutisya, Emmanuel Musau (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2015.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Pictures; List of Abbreviations; Overview; 1. Introduction; Theoretical Background; Problem Statement; Research Objectives; Research Questions; Key Concepts; Thesis Disposition; 2. Literature Review; Rapid Urbanization and the Growth of Slums; Rapid urbanization in Kenya: Historical perspectives and current realities; Growth of slums and current approaches to slums Development; Government initiatives on urban development policy; Community participation for urban sustainability. 
505 8 |a Microfinance for Sustainable Urban Development in KenyaOverview of microfinance in Kenya; Determinants and challenges of microfinance; The role of microfinance in urban development; Microfinance and training; Microfinance and doing business in Kenya; Microfinance and private-public collaboration on urban service delivery; Strategic policy impacts of microfinance and training; Summary; 3. A Description of Reality: The Case Of Kibera Slum; The City of Nairobi; Informal Settlements in Nairobi City; Dynamics of Informal Settlements -- the Case of Kibera Slum. 
505 8 |a Sustainability Challenges in Kibera slumPlayers and Actors in Kibera slum; Public Services and Infrastructural Development in Kibera Slum; Microfinance Institutions, Projects and Programs in Kibera Slum; The Role of BOP Segment in Kibera Slum Development; Summary; 4. Statistical Analysis Of Microfinance In Kibera Slum; Methodology; Data; Focus groups for qualitative assessment; Administration of questionnaires; Monitoring and intervention; Empirical Analysis; Choice of impact evaluation method; The PSM-DD approach; Double Difference estimation; Research Findings. 
505 8 |a Distribution and summary statisticsImpact of access to financial services; Impacts of financial training; Discussions of Impacts of Access to MF and Financial Training; Access to MF results; Access to financial training results; Summary; 5. Collective Investment Model For The Urban Bop Segment; The Collective Investment model: A Viable Alternative; Empirical Evidence from Kibera Slum; The Case of K-Rep Bank Water and Sanitation Project; CIM Financial Structure for Urban BOP; CIM for Integrated Sanitation in Slums; Multiple Benefits; Summary; 6. Conclusions and Implications; Conclusions. 
505 8 |a Research ImplicationsImplications for business and policy; Implications for sustainability; Research limitations; Suggestions for further research; Cited References; Appendixes; Back cover. 
520 |a The Kenyan population is highly concentrated in urban centres, leading to increased social, economic and environmental strains, with a significant percentage of urban dwellers living in sprawling slums. Urban development is increasingly a major focus, especially in the fight against urban sustainability problems. There is little practical orientation in the academic literature for the growing gap between the rich and poor. Current literature is enormously concerned with resource use and environmental pressures, paying scant attention to the nexus between urban sustainability and empowerment of. 
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