4. The Role of Microenterprises in Rural Industrialization in Africa

Nowak, M.

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“…A total of 124 publications (3%) The first Scopus-indexed research on microfinance was published in 1989. The literature was launched in a series of book chapters linking women's empowerment and microfinance in the book "Women's Ventures" [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66] and in several related conference proceedings on "Microenterprises in developing countries" [67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82]. Subsequently, however, only a handful of studies were published annually until 1996 (see Figure 2).…”

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Science Mapping of the Global Knowledge Base on Microfinance: Influential Authors and Documents, 1989–2019

Zaby¹

2019

Sustainability

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The use of microfinance in poverty alleviation and, by extension, as an instrument for sustainable social and economic development, represents a novel idea in sustainable finance. This study employed science mapping to examine 4049 Scopus-indexed documents explicitly concerned with microfinance. The goals of the review were to document the distribution of microfinance literature by type, volume, time, and geography, and to identify influential authors, articles, and a potential intellectual structure of this knowledge base. The first microfinance research was conducted in 1989, but the field attracted increased attention only after 2006, when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus. This study does not find any single dominant school of thought in the field of microfinance, but rather identified three thematic research clusters: (1) a concentration on institutional aspects of microfinance, (2) scholars who used sophisticated research methods to evaluate the impact of microfinance, and (3) groundbreaking microfinance literature related to social justice more generally. As the first-ever, comprehensive bibliometric review of research on microfinance, this study provides benchmarks against which to assess the future evolution of this literature, a reference for scholars entering this domain, and targets for future development of this field of sustainability scholarship.

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Section: Distribution Of Microfinance Literature By Type Volume Timmentioning

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Science Mapping of the Global Knowledge Base on Microfinance: Influential Authors and Documents, 1989–2019

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2019

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“…Tacoli (2017) similarly finds that non-agricultural rural activities incorporate non-farm drives embraced in homesteads and not related to crop farming. Consequently, non-farm rural activities incorporate a variety of activities which contain manufacturing, business and provision of services (Nowak, 2019).…”

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Rural Non-Farm Enterprises Supporting the Agricultural Sector and their Relative Success in Kiambu County, Kenya

Mureithi

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Wesonga

2022

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Rural areas encounter numerous challenges, which include poverty, food insecurity and unemployment. Declining productions in agribusiness plays a critical impact in having more individuals to partake in agricultural non-farm activities in the rural area to support their livelihoods. This study sought to identify the different kinds of rural non-farm enterprises (RNFEs) that support the agricultural sector in Kiambu County and their relative success. Ann epistemology philosophy was adopted. The target population was all non-farm small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kiambu County who have prevailed by supporting agrarian related exercises. This population of RNFEs came from every one of the 12 sub-areas: Gatundu North, Gatundu South, Thika, Juja, Githunguri, Ruiru, Kiambu, Kiambaa, Kabete, Kikuyu, Lari and Limuru. The study investigated five rural non-farm undertakings occupied with the accompanying regions: agribusiness activities, rural industrialisation ventures, transport services, the travel industry activities and development ventures. The study used questionnaires and interview guides for primary data collection. The findings indicated that what made most of RNFEs to begin the business was to bring in cash and utilized as a type of revenue. The study correlation results between the diversity of RNFEs that support the agricultural sector and rural livelihood outcome was positive and significant. The regression model depicted a positive and significant relationship between the various kinds of RNFEs that support the agricultural sector and rural livelihood outcomes. The inferential statistics demonstrated that the relationship between various types of RNFEs that help the effect of country non-farm undertakings on rural business results are significant. Therefore, is the study concluded that the help of RNFEs occupied with farming does affect rural business results in rural regions. Besides operating related rural-based commercial activities including agro-processing and ancillary commercial, it is possible to introduce activities to provide services to facilitate the adjoining agricultural commercial activities such as sale of fertilisers, insecticides or improved seeds. Keywords: Rural Non-Farm Enterprises, Agricultural Sector, Kiambu County, Kenya

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“…It is then further assumed that if credit from formal sources is unavailable to microentrepreneurs, efforts are needed to be done to expand credit from the informal sector, since the latter is considered to be the only alternative source of finance. Nowak (1989) notes generally that «microentrepreneurs obtain their capital by working on plantations, joining forces with officials or traders, participating in a 'tontine' group, or borrowing from a money-lendeD>.…”

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Finance et développement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest : actes du XIIe séminaire d'économie rurale

1993

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L'auteur critique deux écoles de pensée en matière de mesure du succès des interventions sur les marchés fmanciers ; il continue en discutant de l'importance et des limites de la contribution de ces marchés au développement rural et présente ensuite les raisons des mauvaises performances des marchés finaneiers ruraux dans les pays en voie de développement, puis tire des enseignements de ces expériences. L'auteur conclut que l'on a trop mis l'accent sur les activités de crédit et qu'il est préférable d'apporter plus d'attention à la construction de marchés financiers durables.

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4. The Role of Microenterprises in Rural Industrialization in Africa

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Science Mapping of the Global Knowledge Base on Microfinance: Influential Authors and Documents, 1989–2019

Science Mapping of the Global Knowledge Base on Microfinance: Influential Authors and Documents, 1989–2019

Rural Non-Farm Enterprises Supporting the Agricultural Sector and their Relative Success in Kiambu County, Kenya

Finance et développement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest : actes du XIIe séminaire d'économie rurale

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