Microfinance Services and Economic Growth of Households in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo  

作　　者：Paluku Kazimoto 

机构地区：[1]Asia-Pacific International University, Saraburi, Thailand

出　　处：《Chinese Business Review》2016年第4期155-164,共10页中国经济评论（英文版）

摘　　要：Microfinance institutions play a great role for small businesses activities, deposits, and loans to improve households and constrained people who are not reached by formal financial institutions. This study aimed to investigate on the microfinance services and economic growth of households in Lubumbashi. The study applied descriptive and correlation design. Questionnaire was administered to 125 respondents and simple random sampling technique was used to select them. With the use of statistical techniques applied for data analysis, it was concluded that there is a significant relationship between microfinance services and economic growth of households. From the results, it was recommended that microfinance services should not only be considered as credit and lending activities, but also include insurance, savings, and transactional services for money transfer.

关 键 词：microfinance services economic growth households 

分 类 号：F124[经济管理—世界经济] U698.5[交通运输工程—港口、海岸及近海工程]