dc.contributor.author | Kiiru, Joy Mueni | |
dc.contributor.author | John, Mburu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-24T06:57:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-24T06:57:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Tropentag, October 11-13, 2006, Bonn | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tropentag.de/2006/abstracts/links/Mburu_mgADqia4.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/38690 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many studies have approached the issue of transactions costs of microfinance from the
institutional perspective with a view to drive recommendations on viable microfinance lending institutions. Only few studies have approached the same issue from the poor borrowers’perspective.
The major objective of the paper is to fill in this gap by attempting a rigorous analysis
of the determinants of transaction costs and their impact on borrowers’ small business
returns or income generation. The main hypothesis of the paper is that transactions costs especially those arising from joint liability affect small businesses’ profitability substantially and therefore play an important role in poverty reduction initiatives. Empirical data used for the study was generated from a random sample of about 200 rural households in Makueni District Kenya.
By use of statistical and qualitative methods the paper illustrates how group lending
programmes involve individual borrowers in both joint and individual costs that result in
lost incomes / business profits. It also examines how social capital, human capital, type of business, socio-economic attributes among other important factors affect the transaction costs and operations for individual borrowers in joint liability borrowing arrangements.
Preliminary results indicate that the group borrowing approach weakens the social capital within the community while at the same time it increases the transactions costs of the whole group in case of loan default by a member (s).
The paper concludes by discussing the role of transaction costs in establishing efficient
and viable small business ventures among the rural poor with support from microfinance.
It is emphasised that in order for microfinance to serve as a poverty reduction tool, it is
important to minimise the transactions costs on the borrowers’ side | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.subject | Joint liability, microfinance, rural poor, transaction costs | en |
dc.title | Determinants And Consequences Of Transaction Costs Of Microfinance And Their Impact On Rural Poor Borrowers’ Incomes | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | en |