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Access to micro and informal loans: evaluating the impact on the quality of life of poor females in South Africa

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  • Talita Dalton-Greyling

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Since the early 1980s, many governments have investigated the possibility of utilising access to microloans, as a pathway to grow economies out of unemployment and thereby improve people’s quality of life. Studies that have previously investigated the impact of microloans, found a positive relationship to quality of life. Unfortunately, these studies mainly measure quality of […]

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  • Talita Dalton-Greyling, 2019. "Access to micro and informal loans: evaluating the impact on the quality of life of poor females in South Africa," Working Papers 186, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    Keywords

    Banking Regulation; Financial Markets; Social welfare; South Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis

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