FINC 408 — Microfinance
Finance · University of Ghana
The course deals with the importance of microcredit as a financial tool for development. It provides students with techniques and tools to improve financial services and the sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFI) by setting realistic interest rates and managing funding. The course also deals with lending methods: individual and group lending methodologies which place an emphasis on understanding the client, her/his financial needs and business cycles, streamlined procedures and detailed loan analysis for delinquency prevention. The course also focuses on the problems confronting the microfinance institutions and the impact of microfinance on clients‘ well-being. Specific topics include: Theories of Microfinance, Microfinance in Ghana, Supply of Microfinance, Demand for Microfinance, Microfinance Product Development, Microfinance and Financial Regulation, Microfinance Sustainability, Challenges in the Microfinance Sector and Rural Banking.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- FINC 401 — Investment Fundamentals
- FINC 402 — Monetary Theory
- FINC 403 — Bank Management
- FINC 404 — International Finance and Banking
- FINC 405 — Banking Operations
- FINC 406 — Financial Markets
- FINC 407 — Labour Economics
- FINC 451 — Introduction to Actuarial Science
- FINC 452 — Property and Pecuniary Insurance
- FINC 453 — Elements of Risk and Insurance
- FINC 454 — Assurance of the Person
- FINC 455 — Insurance of Liability
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).