TY - BOOK AU - Uyi Benjamin Edegbe PY - 2014 CY - Hamburg, Germany PB - Anchor Academic Publishing SN - 9783954896738 TI - Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Evidence from Benin Metropolis South-South of Nigeria UR - https://m.anchor-publishing.com/document/287447 N2 - This book is an empirical study of how microfinance impacts on poverty reduction in Nigeria. The book examined conceptual issues in poverty and microfinance with focus on the nature and incidences of the poverty phenomenon, justification for the establishment and growth of microfinance in Nigeria. This book with theoretical and empirical findings investigates the previous attempts by the governments in alleviating poverty and specifically how microfinance have helped in reducing the poverty menace especially since the promulgation of the microfinance banking act in 2005 by the Central bank of Nigeria. KW - Poverty, Microfinance, Microfinance Institutions, Benin Metropolis LA - English ER -