Microfinance Institutions and Youth Empowerment In Rural Areas: A Case Study Of Mubuga Amajambere Iwacu Saaco Ltd, Kisoro Branch.
| dc.contributor.author | Habizana, Herbert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-18T09:37:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-18T09:37:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08 | |
| dc.description | Research Report Submitted To the College Of Economics And Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of a Bachelor of Business Administration of Kampala International University. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The puipose of this study was to explore the role of ni~croJlnance institutions in promoting youth empowerment in rural areas the spec~Ic objectives were to investigate the level of youth empowerment in Kisoro district, to establish the level ofperformance of microfinance institutions in Kisoro district and to determine the roles of microjinance institutions in promoting youth empowerment Kisoro district. The Study used a survey research design and data was collected from 80 respondents. The findings of the study revealed that youth empowerment has improved as respondents agreed to the most of the statements used to measure this objective except that it was found out that the process ofacquiring a youth loan for empowerment is not easy. The findings ofthe study also revealed that the performance ofMFIs in Kisoro district has increased except that the lending policies are still poor. Thefindings ofthe study revealed that MFIs play an important role in youth empowerment and it was found out that microfinance institutions do not give grace periods to the youth as this affects their level of business establishment. The findings also revealed that there is a strong positive relationshzp between microfinance institutions and youth empowerment as it was found out that an improvement in microfinance services improves youth empowerment by 85%. The study recommended that microfinance institutions should simpljfi~’ the process of loan acquisition, microfinance institutions should improve on their lending policies in order to attract new customers and improve their performance in general and that microfinance institutions should always give grace periods to the youth upon acquiring a loan for business start up. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/5501 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University. College of Economics & Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Microfinance Institutions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Youth Empowerment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rural Areas | en_US |
| dc.title | Microfinance Institutions and Youth Empowerment In Rural Areas: A Case Study Of Mubuga Amajambere Iwacu Saaco Ltd, Kisoro Branch. | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |