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- Access to Microfinance and Financial Training for Innovative Urban Sustainability: Collective Investments at the Bottom of t
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- 2014
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
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 the urban poor. This book initiates debates on the segment of urban population often referred to as �the bottom of the pyramid (BOP)�, by analysing the microfinance innovation following evaluation of the impacts of access to microfinance and financial training and the implications to urban sustainability in Kenya. The main conclusion reached is that microfinance has an instrumental role to play in promoting sustainable urban development as it supports social welfare improvement and increases the livelihood of participants, business development and urban sustainability to a certain extent, thereby empowering the urban poor in contributing to poverty alleviation.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables
- pp. ix-x
- List of Figures
- pp. xi-xii
- List of Pictures
- pp. xiii-xiv
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xv-xviii
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-26
- 2. Literature Review
- pp. 27-80
- 6. Conclusions and Implications
- pp. 209-218
- Cited References
- pp. 219-238
- Appendixes
- pp. 239-246
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956792054
Related ISBN(s)
9789956792870
MARC Record
OCLC
908059093
Pages
270
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No