Access to Microfinance and Financial Training for Innovative Urban Sustainability : Collective Investments at the Bottom of T.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Pictures -- List of Abbreviations -- Overview -- 1. Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Problem Statement -- Research Objectives -- Research Questions -- Key Concepts -- Thesis Disposition -- 2. Literature Review -- Rapid Urbanization and the Growth of Slums -- Rapid urbanization in Kenya: Historical perspectives and current realities -- Growth of slums and current approaches to slums Development -- Government initiatives on urban development policy -- Community participation for urban sustainability -- Microfinance for Sustainable Urban Development in Kenya -- Overview of microfinance in Kenya -- Determinants and challenges of microfinance -- The role of microfinance in urban development -- Microfinance and training -- Microfinance and doing business in Kenya -- Microfinance and private-public collaboration on urban service delivery -- Strategic policy impacts of microfinance and training -- Summary -- 3. A Description of Reality: The Case Of Kibera Slum -- The City of Nairobi -- Informal Settlements in Nairobi City -- Dynamics of Informal Settlements - the Case of Kibera Slum -- Sustainability Challenges in Kibera slum -- Players and Actors in Kibera slum -- Public Services and Infrastructural Development in Kibera Slum -- Microfinance Institutions, Projects and Programs in Kibera Slum -- The Role of BOP Segment in Kibera Slum Development -- Summary -- 4. Statistical Analysis Of Microfinance In Kibera Slum -- Methodology -- Data -- Focus groups for qualitative assessment -- Administration of questionnaires -- Monitoring and intervention -- Empirical Analysis -- Choice of impact evaluation method -- The PSM-DD approach -- Double Difference estimation -- Research Findings -- Distribution and summary statistics.

Impact of access to financial services -- Impacts of financial training -- Discussions of Impacts of Access to MF and Financial Training -- Access to MF results -- Access to financial training results -- Summary -- 5. Collective Investment Model For The Urban Bop Segment -- The Collective Investment model: A Viable Alternative -- Empirical Evidence from Kibera Slum -- The Case of K-Rep Bank Water and Sanitation Project -- CIM Financial Structure for Urban BOP -- CIM for Integrated Sanitation in Slums -- Multiple Benefits -- Summary -- 6. Conclusions and Implications -- Conclusions -- Research Implications -- Implications for business and policy -- Implications for sustainability -- Research limitations -- Suggestions for further research -- Cited References -- Appendixes -- Back cover.

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