Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower?
The alignment of microfinance programs with the context and expectations of the recipients is critical for ensuring clients’ satisfaction and desired program outcomes. This study sought to investigate the extent to which the objectives and design of the BRAC microfinance program match the expectatio...
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| author | Faith Namayengo Johan A.C. van Ophem Gerrit Antonides |
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| description | The alignment of microfinance programs with the context and expectations of the recipients is critical for ensuring clients’ satisfaction and desired program outcomes. This study sought to investigate the extent to which the objectives and design of the BRAC microfinance program match the expectations, context and characteristics of female borrowers in a rural agrarian setting in Uganda. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to obtain socio-demographic, personality and microenterprise (ME) characteristics of existing borrowers, incoming borrowers and non-borrowers and to obtain information about the microcredit program. We found that BRAC uses a modified Grameen group-lending model to provide small, high-interest rate production loans and follows a rigorous loan processing and recovery procedure. BRAC clients are mainly poor subsistence farmers who derive income from diverse farming and non-farm activities. The major objective to borrow is to meet lump-sum monetary needs usually for school fees and for investment in informal small non-farm businesses. Many borrowers use diverse sources of funds to meet repayment obligations. Defaulting on loans is quite low. The stress caused by weekly loan repayment and resolution of lump-sum cash needs were identified as reasons for women to stop borrowing. The limited loan amounts, the diversions of loans to non-production activities, the stages of the businesses and the weekly recovery program without a grace period may limit the contribution of these loans to ME expansion and increase in income. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f0d3b227c4a40f1a8bf37790e3a168c2022-12-22T03:07:43ZengUniversity of DebrecenApstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce1789-221X1789-78742016-08-01102-310.19041/APSTRACT/2016/2-3/9Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower?Faith Namayengo0Johan A.C. van Ophem 1Gerrit Antonides2Wageningen UniversityWageningen UniversityWageningen UniversityThe alignment of microfinance programs with the context and expectations of the recipients is critical for ensuring clients’ satisfaction and desired program outcomes. This study sought to investigate the extent to which the objectives and design of the BRAC microfinance program match the expectations, context and characteristics of female borrowers in a rural agrarian setting in Uganda. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to obtain socio-demographic, personality and microenterprise (ME) characteristics of existing borrowers, incoming borrowers and non-borrowers and to obtain information about the microcredit program. We found that BRAC uses a modified Grameen group-lending model to provide small, high-interest rate production loans and follows a rigorous loan processing and recovery procedure. BRAC clients are mainly poor subsistence farmers who derive income from diverse farming and non-farm activities. The major objective to borrow is to meet lump-sum monetary needs usually for school fees and for investment in informal small non-farm businesses. Many borrowers use diverse sources of funds to meet repayment obligations. Defaulting on loans is quite low. The stress caused by weekly loan repayment and resolution of lump-sum cash needs were identified as reasons for women to stop borrowing. The limited loan amounts, the diversions of loans to non-production activities, the stages of the businesses and the weekly recovery program without a grace period may limit the contribution of these loans to ME expansion and increase in income.https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6862UgandaBRACrural microcreditwomen |
| spellingShingle | Faith Namayengo Johan A.C. van Ophem Gerrit Antonides Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower? Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce Uganda BRAC rural microcredit women |
| title | Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower? |
| title_full | Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower? |
| title_fullStr | Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower? |
| title_short | Women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of Uganda: Match or mismatch between lender and borrower? |
| title_sort | women and microcredit in rural agrarian households of uganda match or mismatch between lender and borrower |
| topic | Uganda BRAC rural microcredit women |
| url | https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6862 |
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