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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bamenda, Cameroon :
Langaa Research & Publishing CIG,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Research ImplicationsImplications for business and policy; Implications for sustainability; Research limitations; Suggestions for further research; Cited References; Appendixes; Back cover.